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‘Lab Leak,’ a flashy page on the virus’ origins, replaces government COVID sites : Shots

The White House recently launched a web page entitled: “Lab Leak. The True Origins of COVID-19” Whitehouse.gov/Screenshot by NPR hide…

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Finland finds its first giant virus

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Many viruses measure just tens of nanometers (nm) in size, but that’s not always…

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Structural images of a tuberculosis-fighting virus

Mycobacteria are the world's most deadly bacteria — causing infectious diseases including tuberculosis (TB), which alone kills more than one…

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New giant virus isolated | ScienceDaily

For the first time in Finland, researchers at the Nanoscience Center in University of Jyväskylä, Finland, have isolated a giant…

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A mysterious pathogen: Oropouche virus more common in Latin America than previously thought

Like the dengue and Zika viruses, Oropouche virus causes a febrile illness. There are recent indications that infections during pregnancy…

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An antiviral chewing gum to reduce influenza and herpes simplex virus transmission

In today's interconnected world, infectious diseases pose an escalating threat, as demonstrated by the coronavirus pandemic and outbreaks of H1N1,…

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How a small number of mutations can fuel outbreaks of western equine encephalitis virus

New research shows how small shifts in the molecular makeup of a virus can profoundly alter its fate. These shifts…

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Compelling data point to a single, unknown respiratory virus as cause of Kawasaki disease

Research from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago strongly suggests that…

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Protecting crops: Researchers open up new avenue to combat a widespread plant virus

New RNA-based active agents reliably protect plants against the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), the most common virus in agriculture and…

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Stealth virus: Zika virus builds tunnels to covertly infect cells of the placenta

Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the…

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