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Technology

Magnetic-levitation device separates and sorts viruses from the air

Viruses and bacteria floating in the air can be sorted for further analysis using magnets and the metal gadolinium

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First RSV treatment for infants and children approved in US

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T-bacteriophages on E.coli. Coloured Transmission Electron Micrograph (TEM) of T-bacteriophage viruses attacking a bacterial cell of Escherichia coli. Seven virus particles are seen (blue), each with a head and a tail. Four of these are "sitting" on the brown bacterial cell and small blue "tails" of genetic material (DNA) are seen being injected into the bacterium. T-bacterio- phages are parasites of bacterial cells. The virus attaches itself to the cell's wall and, using it's tail as a syringe, injects it's own DNA into the bacterium. The virus DNA then takes over the bacterial cell, forcing it to produce more viruses. Magnification: x63,000 at 5x7cm size.

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The Good Virus review: Could viruses cure deadly infections?

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Life

Gannets’ blue eyes turn black after an infection with bird flu

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Environment

Climate change is fuelling the spread of viral diseases in plants

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A child in Seattle, Washington, receives a chickenpox vaccine in 2019. The US, among other countries, offers a routine chickenpox vaccine to children, unlike countries such as the UK and Denmark

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Should more countries vaccinate children against chickenpox?

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Your early life shapes the mix of good and bad viruses in your gut

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Norovirus particles

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Norovirus outbreak: Why is the number of cases in England so high?

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Siberian Sturgeon

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Influenza viruses may have originated in fish 600 million years ago

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A protest outside the White House, Washington DC, in September 2022 urging government action for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis, long covid and other infection-associated chronic conditions

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We鈥檙e starting to understand how viruses trigger chronic conditions

Widespread cases of long covid have shone a spotlight on the role viral infections play in previously neglected conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia

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How prepared is the world for a pandemic of bird flu in people?

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Life

Fruit bats get swabbed to look for diseases that could jump to humans

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Genetic tracking scheme for viruses could warn of dangerous outbreaks

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How the covid-19 pandemic helped tackle Ebola and monkeypox in 2022

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