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An electron micrograph of an HIV virus particle (red/yellow) budding from the plasma membrane of an infected T cell (blue), which make up part of the immune system

Health

Vaccine prompts HIV antibodies in 97 per cent of people in small study

An experimental HIV vaccine led to antibodies against the virus in 35 out of 36 volunteers, but whether this offers protection against the infection is unclear

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Human cells infected with influenza virus

Health

Promising universal flu vaccine could protect against 20 strains

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Children in the UK may be more at risk of infections and other health complications this winter compared with previous years

Health

Flu, RSV and cost of living will all harm UK child health this winter

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Permafrost in Alaska

Health

A 48,500-year-old virus has been revived from Siberian permafrost

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Keven Esvelt

Health

Pandemic terrorism risk is being overlooked, warns leading geneticist

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The biotechnology firm Oxitec has released boxes throughout Brazil that contain genetically-modified male mosquitoes of the species Aedes aegypti

Environment

Genetically modified mosquitoes cut the insect’s number by 96 per cent

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Red Cross workers place a coffin, containing someone who died of Ebola, into a grave on October 11 in Mubende, Uganda

Health

Uganda introduces its first Ebola lockdown while it waits for vaccines

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Large flock of brown hens in a chicken barn at a farm.

Environment

UK prepares for worst bird flu outbreak on record this winter

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Allowing the monkeypox virus to spread raises the risk it may mutate to become more transmissible

Health

Monkeypox: A dangerous variant circulating in the DRC could go global

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Medical workers disinfect beds at an Ebola treatment centre in Mubende, Uganda

Health

Uganda struggles to contain Ebola variant with no approved vaccine

More than 50 cases have been identified so far in an outbreak linked to the Sudan variant of Ebola virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine

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Technology

Smart face mask could detect coronavirus on other people鈥檚 breath

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Health

Drugs that mutate viruses to kill them could make them more dangerous

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Health

Langya virus: How serious is the new pathogen discovered in China?

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Life

E. coli that is recoded to be virus resistant may aid drug production

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