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West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes in the UK for the first time

“Fragments” of West Nile virus have been detected in UK mosquitoes, suggesting that the virus is circulating in the country, probably as a result of the warming climate

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Norovirus vaccine pill protects against winter vomiting bug

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Blackbird deaths point to looming West Nile virus threat in the UK

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What is hMPV, the virus spreading through China?

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Will an mRNA vaccine target the norovirus strain behind surging cases?

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H5N1 bird flu is closer to gaining pandemic potential than we thought

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Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans

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Older people may have better immunity against bird flu virus

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Environment

Viruses may help store vast amounts of carbon in soil

Soil is full of an uncountable number of viruses, and scientists are only beginning to understand just how substantial their role in the carbon cycle may be

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Flu viruses have evolved proteins that let them break through mucus

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All your questions about Marburg virus answered

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Your toothbrush is teeming with hundreds of types of viruses

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Evidence points to Wuhan market as source of covid-19 outbreak

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