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6,285 results for: Virus

  1. Life

    Airborne transmission of Ebola unlikely, monkey study shows

    No evidence found of macaque monkeys passing deadly virus to each other.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Health & Medicine

    Elderly benefit from high-dose flu shot

    High-dose vaccine may offer people age 65 and older improved protection against the flu.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Two American Ebola patients given experimental therapy

    The two American missionaries who contracted Ebola in Liberia have been treated with an experimental therapy that consists of antibodies to fragments of the deadly virus.

    By Science News Staff
  4. Health & Medicine

    Seven facts and a mystery about hand, foot and mouth disease

    Hand, foot and mouth disease is a viral illness that most kids get before age 5. Several different viruses cause the condition, which causes blisters and fevers.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Health & Medicine

    Hepatitis E widespread among English blood donors

    Screening of 225,000 blood donations reveals a high prevalence of the hepatitis E virus.

    By Science News Staff
  6. Health & Medicine

    Boot camp bug

    Adenoviruses, which cause respiratory illnesses including some colds, plague boot camps.

    By Nsikan Akpan
  7. 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
  8. 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.

    By Science News Staff
  9. Health & Medicine

    HIV reemerges in ‘cured’ child

    The discovery spotlights limits in detecting the clandestine germ and raises questions about whether HIV can ever truly be cured.

    By Nsikan Akpan
  10. Health & Medicine

    HIV returns in girl once considered cured of the infection

    An infant girl, once thought to be cured of HIV, now has detectable levels of the virus.

    By Science News Staff
  11. Life

    HIV hides in growth-promoting genes

    The discovery that HIV can trigger infected cells to divide means scientists may need to rethink strategies for treating the virus that causes AIDS.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  12. Life

    Avian flu could strike Asian poultry markets outside China

    H7N9 influenza has a higher chance of spreading to humans in urban areas close to water, researchers predict.

    By Tina Hesman Saey