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It's dusk in central Bangladesh, in a community within the district of Faridpur. A 50-year-old man sits outside his home beside a rice paddy. His name is Khokon. A fiery beard, dyed a bright orange, ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Two of the closest known relatives to SARS-CoV-2 — a pair of bat coronaviruses discovered by researchers in Laos — may transmit poorly in people despite being genetically similar to the ...

It’s dusk in central Bangladesh, in a community within the district of Faridpur. A 50-year-old man sits outside his home beside a rice paddy. His name is Khokon. A fiery beard, dyed a bright orange, ...

As disease-wary stock markets tumble, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has continued to see global death tolls rise — rapidly spreading from its Wuhan roots to gain a foothold in ...

For years, researchers have looked at links between Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and multiple sclerosis (MS). Increasingly, evidence suggests that having EBV may increase the risk of developing MS. About ...

Oyewale Tomori is a virologist and fellow at the Nigerian Academy of Science. Marburg virus causes the Marburg Virus Disease, formerly known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever. The virus, which belongs to ...

Realizing that your computer is infected with a virus can be a heart-stopping moment, but there's no need to panic. Viruses or other malware can have a devastating effect on your PC, slowing its ...

Cases of norovirus are ticking up. But hand sanitizer isn't enough to kill norovirus. Here's what experts recommend instead.

Oropouche virus disease, sometimes called Oropouche fever or sloth fever, is an illness caused by the Oropouche virus that’s spread mostly by biting midges. Oropouche virus is found mostly in a few ...