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6,244 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    Rockland’s measles outbreak is over, but U.S. elimination status is still at risk

    Officials in Rockland County in New York announced that their measles outbreak, which began October 1 of last year, is finally finished.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Genetics

    A lack of circular RNAs may trigger lupus

    Researchers close in on how low levels of a kind of RNA may trigger lupus — offering hope for future treatments for the autoimmune disease.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Health & Medicine

    A common food additive may make the flu vaccine less effective

    A food preservative may impair the ability to fight the flu, a study in mice suggests.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Tech

    A mini chemical lab could one day test for toxic nerve agents in the field

    Portable lab equipment that detects nerve agents could help judge when it’s safe to return to previously exposed areas.

    By Maria Temming
  5. Health & Medicine

    WHO declares a public health emergency over Congo’s Ebola outbreak

    The yearlong Ebola outbreak in the Congo has been declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  6. Life

    More ‘murder hornets’ are turning up. Here’s what you need to know

    Two more specimens of the world’s largest hornet have just been found in North America.

    By Susan Milius
  7. Health & Medicine

    DNA tests of Lassa virus mid-outbreak helped Nigeria target its response

    New technology for analyzing genetic data quickly in the field guided how Nigeria dealt with an outbreak of Lassa fever in 2018.

    By Laurel Hamers
  8. Genetics

    Here are 5 RNAs that are stepping out of DNA’s shadow

    RNAs do a lot more than act as middlemen for protein building. Here are a few of the ways they affect your health and disease.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  9. Health & Medicine

    Congo’s Ebola outbreak is a testing ground for new treatments

    The first multidrug clinical trial of Ebola treatments is underway amid an outbreak in Congo.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  10. Life

    Nasty stomach viruses can travel in packs

    Contained clusters of rotavirus and norovirus caused more severe infections in mice than the same viruses working solo.

    By Leah Rosenbaum
  11. Health & Medicine

    How pieces of live human brain are helping scientists map nerve cells

    Experiments on live nerve cells — donated from patients undergoing brain surgery — may turn up clues about how the human brain works.

    By Laura Sanders
  12. Health & Medicine

    Rotavirus vaccines may lower kids’ chances of getting type 1 diabetes

    Vaccination against rotavirus is associated with a reduced incidence of type 1 diabetes in children, according to an analysis of U.S. insurance data.

    By Aimee Cunningham