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6,248 results for: Virus

  1. Science & Society

    Reader favorites of 2015

    Science News' online readership sometimes surprised us with their clicking habits this year.

    By Science News Staff
  2. Life

    Gene editing helps a baby battle cancer

    Doctors used molecular scalpels to tweak T cells to target leukemia but not harm the patient.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Health & Medicine

    Rabies races up nerve cells

    By hijacking a transporter protein and hitting the gas, the disease-causing rabies virus races up long nerve cells that stretch through the body, a new study finds.

    By Meghan Rosen
  4. Health & Medicine

    CDC panel gives thumbs up to vaccine against nine HPV types

    A federal vaccine advisory committee voted February 26 to recommend use of an expanded version of the human papillomavirus shot marketed as Gardasil.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Ecosystems

    Ocean food source lives by day, dies by night

    The most abundant carbon fixer in the oceans lives by day, dies by night, and may be key to the balance of marine ecosystems.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  6. 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
  7. Microbes

    Viruses buoy life at hydrothermal vents

    Using hijacked genes, deep-sea viruses help sulfur-eating bacteria generate power in the plumes of hydrothermal vents.

    By Beth Mole
  8. Life

    Norovirus can play protective role in mice

    In mice, viral infection can help intestines develop, strengthen immune system.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  9. Genetics

    Airborne MERS virus found in Saudi Arabian camel barn

    The air in a Saudi Arabian camel barn holds genetic fragments of MERS, a new study shows.

    By Ashley Yeager
  10. Health & Medicine

    Dallas health worker is first to catch Ebola in U.S.

    A health worker in Dallas has Ebola. She is the first to catch the virus in the U.S.

    By Science News Staff
  11. Health & Medicine

    Ebola continues rapid spread in West Africa

    Ebola continues to spread in West Africa, but some countries are poised to declare victory over the deadly virus.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  12. Genetics

    Ebola genome clarifies origins of West African outbreak

    Genetic analyses suggest that a single infected person sparked the ongoing Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

    By Tina Hesman Saey