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6,244 results for: Virus

  1. Life

    Viruses rewritten

    Scientists could create wimpy versions of real viruses to develop vaccines for emerging diseases.

    By Patrick Barry
  2. Health & Medicine

    Excreted Tamiflu found in rivers

    A Japanese study finds that excreted Tamiflu ends up in river water, raising concerns that birds hosting a flu virus will develop drug-resistant strains.

    By Janet Raloff

  3. Rust Never Sleeps

    A new flare-up in an age-old battle between wheat and a fungal killer.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  4. Humans

    2009 Science News of the Year: Science & Society

    Activists plead for a new agreement during the 2007 U.N. Climate Change Conference. Credit: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Leaders warm to climate action Throughout the year, global leaders used various summits around the world to declare their intention to take firm, though often unilateral, action to reduce their nations’ carbon footprints. In December, negotiators from more […]

    By Science News
  5. Health & Medicine

    New weapon fights hepatitis C

    Taking the experimental drug telaprevir with standard medications for hepatitis C clears the virus from patients’ blood better than the standard combination alone.

    By Nathan Seppa

  6. Book Review: How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells by Lewis Wolpert

    Review by Nathan Seppa.

    By Science News
  7. Life

    Mitochondrial DNA replacement successful in Rhesus monkeys

    New procedure may halt some serious inherited diseases, a study suggests.

    By Laura Sanders
  8. Life

    H1N1 racks up frequent flier miles

    Analyzing global flight paths may help researchers track pandemics, as a new study on H1N1 shows.

    By Laura Sanders
  9. Health & Medicine

    World Health Organization raises swine flu alert level

    The World Health Organization announced April 29 that is has raised the alert level for swine flu from Phase 4 to Phase 5, which suggests that a pandemic is imminent.

    By Nathan Seppa

  10. Let there be light

    New technology illuminates neuronal conversations in the brain

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  11. Health & Medicine

    H1N1 flu is back and found in 37 states, CDC reports

    Just as vaccine begins to become available, swine flu cases show up in a majority of the United States. And early results from a new study suggest H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccination shots are effective when given during the same visit.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Health & Medicine

    Docs writing fewer scripts

    The number of antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory infections has declined since the mid-1990s, a new study shows.

    By Nathan Seppa