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6,251 results for: Virus

  1. 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.

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  2. 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.

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  3. 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.

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  4. Genetics

    Genes influence Ebola’s impact

    A study in a diverse strain of mice shows how the effect of an Ebola infection can depend on genes.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    U.S. patient with MERS virus is on the mend

    A man in Indiana does not seem to have spread the potentially deadly respiratory illness.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    First case of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus, acquired in U.S.

    The case represents the first time that mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland have passed the virus to a person.

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  7. Genetics

    Gene therapy for blindness dims a bit

    Gene therapy improves vision temporarily but can’t save sight.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Feedback

    Readers discuss methods to prevent sepsis and whether genes are thrifty, while Tina Saey clears up some confusion regarding Ebola's airborne status.

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  9. Genetics

    The year in genomes

    From the tiny Antarctic midge to the towering loblolly pine, scientists this year cracked open a variety of genetic instruction manuals to learn about some of Earth’s most diverse inhabitants.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Two-part vaccine protects monkeys from Ebola

    An experimental vaccine protected macaques from infection with the Ebola virus up to 10 months after receiving the two-shot regimen.

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  11. Plants

    A protein battle underlies the beauty of orchids

    The petal-and-lip shape that draws pollinators to orchids results from a competition between two protein complexes, a new study finds.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Daily drug shown effective in preventing HIV infections

    After a history of controversy, preexposure prophylaxis has been demonstrated to work for HIV prevention.

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