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Scientists have learned how plants keep viruses from being passed to their offspring, a finding that could ensure healthier ...

"The government’s malware disabling commands, which interacted with the malware’s native functionality, were extensively ...

A positive laboratory test result of the virus was reported to the Camden County Department of Health and Human Services.

PORTLAND (WGME) -- A case of West Nile Virus has been found in Cumberland County. A resident in their 40s has tested positive. Health officials believe they caught the virus locally. This is the first ...

A variant of the rustrela virus-- related to the wider-known rubella virus which causes a skin rash in humans -- called RusV was discovered in a female mountain lion in Douglas County, Colorado ...

A mutation on the spike protein of the virus that causes COVID-19 could help it infect the brain by forcing it to use a cellular "back door." SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 ...

Sep. 11, 2024 — Avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, which spread to cattle and infected 14 people this year, was detected using virome sequencing in the wastewater of 10 Texas ... Study Identifies ...

A powerful new computer virus was today causing havoc with e-mail systems across the world. Experts described the virus, called Goner, as one of the fastest-spreading they had yet seen and warned ...

There was a time when doctors didn't have a cure for the deadliest viruses, but now, with advancements in technology, treatments and vaccines are being developed much faster. This progress has the ...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was briefly hospitalized after contracting the West Nile virus. Fauci, who also served as the ...