A 13-year-old girl in British Columbia who was hospitalized with bird flu for several weeks late last year harbored a mutated version of the virus, according to a report published this week in the New ...
These changes in its genome favor the virus's ability to spread and adapt to mammals, such as cows. In March 2024, an ...
BENGALURU: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) researchers have found that the H5N1 (bird flu) virus can be a potential threat to humans due to specific mutations, suggesting enhanced and proactive ...
Mutations can result in viruses that infect cells, but can't copy themselves without help from other viruses - now it seems ...
Most of us have had to take a few days off work or school because of the flu or COVID-19. But imagine being sick with COVID, ...
A rare genetic mutation appears to make people basically invulnerable to viruses – and it could potentially be harnessed as a therapy. Researchers have now shown this surprising viral protection can ...
A team of researchers have discovered a powerful bispecific inhibitor capable of combating all existing human-pathogenic ...
New research is raising the possibility that a virus that is seemingly otherwise harmless to humans could possibly trigger ...
Researchers discovered Human Pegivirus in brain tissue from five of ten Parkinson's patients, suggesting the virus may play a ...
FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012, file photo, mosquitos are sorted at the Dallas County mosquito lab in Dallas. Infectious diseases that used to be unknown in Oklahoma are now a threat to the health of ...