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6,291 results for: Virus

  1. Earth

    Bringing mammoths back, life on early Earth and more reader feedback

    Readers debate the pros and cons of reviving extinct species, discuss the odd light-processing machinery of the eye and more.

    By Science News Staff
  2. Health & Medicine

    New cases of Ebola emerge in Liberia

    Liberia has recorded three new Ebola cases after being declared free of the disease in May.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Quantum Physics

    Quantum dots get a second chance to shine

    Quantum dots, semiconductor particles that can emit a rainbow of colors, have been put to work observing living cells, with possible benefits for medical diagnosis.

    By Alexandra Witze
  4. Science & Society

    No matter the language, disease risk is hard to communicate

    Reassuring messages about MERS might seem designed to stop panic. But in reality, people need to hear the truth, even if it’s uncertain.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  5. Genetics

    Ebola continues to shift, but grows no more fatal

    In the West African epidemic, Ebola evolved and spread quickly, but the virus is not becoming deadlier over time.

    By Sarah Schwartz

  6. Tiny tweaks helped flu strains thwart 2014-2015 vaccine

    Changes to the flu strains circulating around the Northern Hemisphere explain why last year’s flu vaccine didn’t work so well.

    By Meghan Rosen
  7. Life

    MERS virus didn’t morph in its move to South Korea

    No obvious changes in the MERS virus account for its rapid spread in South Korea.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  8. Health & Medicine

    Switching off nerve cells eases asthma attacks

    A drug that numbs nerve cells in mice’s airways offers a new way to ease the effects of an asthma attack.

    By Meghan Rosen
  9. Health & Medicine

    E-cigarettes proving to be a danger to teens

    E-cigarettes have surpassed cigarettes as the most commonly used tobacco product among teenagers. Medical researchers are sounding the alarm.

    By Janet Raloff
  10. Health & Medicine

    Deadly MERS spreads in small cluster in South Korea

    Thirty people have MERS virus in the South Korean outbreak, including China’s first case.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  11. Health & Medicine

    Chikungunya is on the move

    The chikungunya virus, which wreaks havoc on joints, has spread via mosquitoes in tropical regions. Now it has found a way to hijack a second mosquito, posing a threat to people in Europe, North America and China.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Health & Medicine

    Rotavirus vaccine is proving its worth

    Rotavirus vaccination cuts childhood intestinal infection hospitalizations in half.

    By Meghan Rosen