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6,306 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    Human tests of experimental Ebola vaccine set to start

    NIH and NIAID have announced that human tests of an experimental vaccine against Ebola virus will begin in early September.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. 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
  3. Life

    ZMapp drug fully protects monkeys against Ebola virus

    In a test, 18 monkeys injected with the Ebola virus and treated with an experimental drug called ZMapp survived.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Tech

    ‘Virtual Unreality’ chronicles dangers of digital deception

    Journalist Charles Seife documents how the lies and misinformation that riddle the Internet are harming the real world.

    By Janet Raloff
  5. Health & Medicine

    Doctors enlisted to turn the tide on antibiotic resistance

    Antibiotic stewardship requires education, diligence, and changes in prescribing. At some hospitals, it’s beginning to halt a dangerous trend.

    By Nathan Seppa
  6. Oceans

    Viruses might tame some algal blooms

    The rapid demise of a giant, carbon-spewing algal bloom points to the influence of viral wranglers.

    By Science News Staff
  7. Life

    Animal source of Ebola outbreak eludes scientists

    Researchers are trying to determine whether bats or bush meat transmitted the Ebola virus to people in West Africa.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  8. Health & Medicine

    Experimental drugs and vaccines poised to take on Ebola

    The use of experimental drugs and vaccines against Ebola may turn the tide against an outbreak in Africa that has defied efforts to control it.

    By Nathan Seppa
  9. Earth

    Sometimes value lies deep below the surface

    Stories on jellyfish, Ebola, carbon capture's future and heart disease's past reveal how crises old and new often lead to science's healthiest advances.

    By Eva Emerson
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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