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In the 21st century, the United States enjoys a golden age of health compared to previous centuries; this has been driven by years of scientific discovery. Nowhere was this more obvious than during ...

Following 70 years of expertise investigating some of the most widespread and harmful viruses such as HIV, influenza and Ebola, Kyoto University’s Institute for Life and Medical Sciences is developing ...

This issue marks the publication of a Consensus Statement that proposes the integration of viruses that are only characterized by metagenomic data into virus taxonomy. According to the evolutionary ...

Artificial intelligence capable of predicting viral evolution months before dangerous variants emerge, next-generation antivirals designed to overcome limitations of current COVID-19 therapies, and ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

WUHAN, China — Cloistered off a major thoroughfare, the Wuhan Institute of Virology could pass for a college campus, its red brick buildings distinguishable from their busy surroundings only by a long ...

The first case of the human monkeypox virus (hMPXV) was confirmed by the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) in an individual traveling back from Nigeria on 7th May 2022. This patient ...

As a journalist covering COVID-19, I’ve had a front-row seat to the pandemic. I’ve been overwhelmed with despair over the death and suffering. I’ve been numb, trying to keep up with the deluge of ...

THE PHILIPPINES should establish its own virology and vaccine institute considering that the country has three viruses that are in the same family as pathogens identified by the World Health ...

Dr. Bloom studies virus evolution at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle. Viruses far more devastating than the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 have plagued humankind. Smallpox, for example, ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. DARPA, the U.S. advanced research projects agency, has denied funding research activity at the Wuhan Institute of ...