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Look at What the Cat Dragged in: A Never-Before-Seen Exotic Virus

Thu, 10/31/2024 - 12:52

Gizmodo

animals, health, Cats, infectious diseases, viruses

You Need to Get Your Flu Shot Right Now

Fri, 10/18/2024 - 16:30

Gizmodo

health, influenza, influenza vaccine, vaccines, viruses

Our toothbrushes are home to hundreds of new viruses. They could be the future of biotech.

Fri, 10/11/2024 - 15:59

Tech Insider

A closeup image of a hand holding a toothbrush under the running water of a sink faucet — New research founds hundreds of previously unseen viruses are hanging out on our toothbrushes and shower heads, but that might be a very good thing for future biotech innovation.
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Viruses Found on Toothbrushes Are ‘Unlike Anything Seen Before’

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 10:10

Gizmodo

health, bacteria, microbiology, viruses

First U.S. Case of Fatal Brain Virus Found in Colorado Mountain Lion

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 16:35

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A pair of mountain lions (Puma concolor) seen at the Izmir Wildlife Park in Turkey.

animals, Science, Cats, viruses

A mummified 44,000-year-old wolf is so perfectly preserved its stomach could contain remnants of its last meal

Mon, 07/01/2024 - 10:58

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mummified wolf on a white table surrounded by people in protective white coveralls and masks and gloves — Locals discovered this mummified wolf in the thawing permafrost in Siberia.
North-Eastern Federal University

Science, pleistocene, mummification, wolf, viruses, siberia, permafrost

Scientists discovered 50,000-year-old viruses in Neanderthal DNA that could help explain their mysterious extinction

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 11:31

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A model showing a Neanderthal family near a fire. — An exhibit shows the life of a Neanderthal family in a cave at the Neanderthal Museum in Krapina, Croatia.
Reuters/Nikola Solic

Science, Neanderthals, viruses, herpes, HPV, adenovirus

Scientists Discover Vampiric Viruses That 'Bite' Other Viruses for Survival

Tue, 11/07/2023 - 16:25

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Viruses are somehow even weirder than we thought. In a recent study published last month, scientists say they’ve discovered two new viruses that hijack the machinery of other bacteria-infecting viruses in order to replicate themselves. One of these vampiric viruses even acts the part, appearing to “bite” and latch…

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TikTok Is An Awful Source of Monkeypox Info, Study Finds

Wed, 03/15/2023 - 16:15

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Anyone hoping to stay ahead of the next viral outbreak might want to avoid TikTok, new research suggests. The study, published Tuesday in BMJ Global Health, found that TikTok videos discussing the viral disease monkeypox, which spread widely around the world and infected tens of thousands of Americans last year, often…