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6,292 results for: Virus

  1. Humans

    Letters from the March 26, 2005, issue of Science News

    Sleeper issue “Goodnight moon, hello Mom and Dad” (SN: 1/22/05, p. 61) attributes behaviors of earlier bedtime, longer sleeping, and earlier weaning to “greater personal independence” in children who sleep alone. It is equally possible that these behaviors are due to something else. Research predicting which children and families will benefit from co-sleeping or alone […]

    By Science News
  2. Health & Medicine

    Norovirus vaccine shows early progress

    Individuals immunized against Norwalk virus and another norovirus experienced less vomiting and diarrhea than those who didn't receive shots.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Hopes raised for Ebola treatment

    Most monkeys given dual therapy survive infection with lethal virus.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Antibodies show progress against HIV

    Proteins suppress disease in monkeys, but don’t cure it.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Health & Medicine

    Evidence mounts for bat origins of SARS

    New viruses in the mammals closely match the human form of the infection.

    By Ashley Yeager
  6. Ecosystems

    Virus-blocking insects taking over Vietnamese island

    Field trial tests mosquitoes that may stop the spread of dengue infection.

    By Beth Mole
  7. Health & Medicine

    Streamlined polio vaccine fights outbreaks

    Back to basics: A simplified polio vaccine works better than the standard approach and overcomes an unforeseen shortcoming in the widely used oral vaccine.

    By Nathan Seppa
  8. Health & Medicine

    Stopping rotavirus before it hits

    A vaccine against rotavirus shows potent protection against the diarrhea-causing pathogen in its first year of widespread use.

    By Nathan Seppa
  9. Health & Medicine

    Earlier HIV treatment can save more lives

    Moving up the starting point for HIV treatment leads to improved survival rates.

    By Dina Fine Maron
  10. Tech

    Bias, quakes and viruses, oh my!

    Researchers present findings at the annual New Horizons in Science meeting.

    By Science News
  11. Health & Medicine

    Treating viral heart infections

    Viral heart infections respond to interferon treatment, easing cardiomyopathy in some patients.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Health & Medicine

    Diversity of human skin bacteria revealed

    First large-scale inventory of microbes charts types, locales of bacteria.

    By Tina Hesman Saey