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This beautiful graphic shows how germs spread between humans and animals
A stunning new graphic shows just how intertwined humans are with animals — specifically how intertwined our germs are.It comes from a study published in the journal Scientific Data, which mapped the...
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Giant, ancient viruses are thawing out in Siberia
Melting ice in the Arctic circle has been thawing out some gigantic ancient viruses.Last month, researchers announced they were studying a 30,000-year-old giant virus called Mollivirus sibericum that...
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67% of the people on Earth have this 'incurable' viral infection
Roughly 3.7 billion people — 67% of the world's population — are infected with type-1 herpes-simplex virus (HSV-1), according to a World Health Organization study published October 28.The researchers...
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An industry-sponsored report claims the US is woefully underprepared for...
A panel of politicians released a report Wednesday saying the US is not doing enough to protect against biological threats.The report, which was produced by a bipartisan panel chaired by former Senator...
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The US is 'dangerously vulnerable' to bioterrorism, politicians and industry...
A panel of politicians released a report Wednesday saying the US is not doing enough to protect against biological threats.The report, which was produced by a bipartisan panel chaired by former Senator...
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The FDA just approved a treatment that kills cancer with a virus
A new method to target melanoma that was just approved by the FDA could be an important first step in transforming the way we treat many cancers.The treatment is called Imlygic, and it uses a virus to...
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This virus is so poorly coded that it demands a ransom but won't release your...
Computer viruses are a lot like real-world viruses, with different mutations and rewritten versions constantly in circulation. Some of them are just rehashes of other spyware and malware, but virus...
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This man's potentially huge medical breakthrough can't get funding, so he's...
Four years ago, Todd Rider was on top of the world. The MIT-trained bioengineer had developed a radical idea for killing viruses. Initial test results showed that his therapy, called DRACO, could kill...
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There are now programs that anyone can use to extort money from you
For more than a decade, cyber criminals have been developing malware to extort money out of people and organizations.The latest step in that evolution is the arrival of ransomware as a service, or...
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There are now programs that anyone can use to extort money from you
For more than a decade, cyber criminals have been developing malware to extort money out of people and organizations.The latest step in that evolution is the arrival of ransomware as a service, or...
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This man raised $60K in a quest to end all viruses, but he's going to need a...
Todd Rider, an MIT-educated scientist, thinks he may have developed a way to cure almost any virus that infects humans.He's been working on proving that this quixotic-sounding goal is possible for 16...
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We're on the verge of eliminating one of the most tragic diseases in history
In 1952, at the height of the polio epidemic, more than 20,000 Americans got polio. Many were left permanently paralyzed.We've come a long way since then.In 2015, there were only 96 cases of polio in...
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No cure for the common cold exists — but scientists have a hunch about what...
Modern science has eradicated smallpox, extended life expectancy, and made huge gains in battling some of the world's deadliest diseases. So why can't we knock out the humble cold?The short answer is...
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There is one critical, still-unanswered question about the quickly spreading...
An alarming rise in Brazil in the number of cases of babies born with smaller-than-normal heads — a condition known as microcephaly — has public health officials racing to determine if the cause is a...
View ArticleHere’s how you actually get Zika virus
The World Health Organization has declared Zika virus a "public health emergency" and says it "is now spreading explosively." Here's everything you need to know about the virus and how much of a threat...
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The world is about to make a bold move that could finally wipe out polio
In the course of just two weeks in April, the entire world is going to do something remarkable: 155 countries are going to switch from one kind of polio vaccine to another. They'll change out the...
View ArticleHere's how fast Zika is spreading around the world
Imported cases of Zika have been confirmed in The United States and China. Here's everything we know so far about the virus. Produced by Grace Raver. Original reporting by Kevin Loria. Follow TI: On...
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Another worrisome problem is afflicting many of the same places where Zika is...
Tropical infectious diseases have had a grip on the globe long before Zika hit the spotlight.Take dengue, another mosquito-borne infection that sickens as many as 400 million people a year. It happens...
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These bizarre organisms could represent a new branch on the tree of life
The strangest life forms on Earth just got a lot stranger.In 2003, Didier Raoult of Aix-Marseille University in France and his colleagues discovered a new kind of virus lurking inside single-celled...
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People headed to Brazil for the Olympics have more to worry about than just Zika
Mounting cases of the Zika virus, a predominantly mosquito-borne virus that's drawn concern primarily because of its potential links to birth defects in babies whose mothers have had symptoms, has lead...
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