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6,289 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    Shingles shot’s value is uncertain

    The cost-effectiveness of a new vaccine against shingles remains uncertain, making it difficult to assess whether adults should routinely receive the shot.

    By Ben Harder
  2. Health & Medicine

    The Bad Fight: Immune systems harmed 1918 flu patients

    The 1918 Spanish flu virus may have launched an intense immune attack that devastated patients' lungs.

    By Christen Brownlee
  3. Humans

    Nobel prizes recognize things great and small

    The 2006 Nobel prizes in the sciences were announced this week, and all five winners are U.S. scientists.

    By Christen Brownlee, Peter Weiss and Aimee Cunningham

  4. Hotel-room surfaces can harbor viruses

    Rhinovirus, which is responsible for roughly half of all common colds, survives on surfaces in hotel rooms for hours and can be transferred from there to people.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Health & Medicine

    Antiviral drug may limit herpes spread

    In people with genital herpes, the drug famciclovir sharply reduces virus shedding from the genitalia.

    By Nathan Seppa
  6. Health & Medicine

    Prep Work: Bird-flu vaccine might work better with primer

    Giving people a vaccine against an existing form of avian influenza might help them respond better when given a shot for a future strain of the virus during a pandemic.

    By Nathan Seppa
  7. Health & Medicine

    Dengue strikes United States

    Texas has been hit with the first-ever outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever in the continental United States.

    By Nathan Seppa

  8. Gene might underlie travelers’ diarrhea

    Travelers to Mexico who get diarrhea are more likely than healthy travelers to have a particular variant form of the gene for the glycoprotein lactoferrin.

    By Nathan Seppa

  9. Sick and Tired: Tracking paths to chronic fatigue

    Stressful experiences and a genetic predisposition toward emotional turmoil contribute to some cases of chronic fatigue syndrome.

    By Bruce Bower
  10. Health & Medicine

    More Evidence of Protection: Circumcision reduces STD risk in men

    Circumcised men are less likely to get sexually transmitted diseases than uncircumcised men are.

    By Nathan Seppa

  11. Oceans reveal secrets of viruses

    Scientists have completed the first survey of virus DNA in oceans around the world.

    By Julie Rehmeyer
  12. Animals

    Ebola Die-Off: Gorilla losses tallied in central Africa

    Between 2001 and 2005, Ebola virus killed at least 5,500 lowland gorillas in the Republic of the Congo.

    By Nathan Seppa