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AI chatbots helped college students come up with new pandemic pathogens they could spread
Researchers asked students to prompt AI like ChatGPT about starting a new pandemic. The bots gave a…
Gabby Landsverk
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Study finds new approach to overcome potential drug resistance in cancer therapy
For many years, CeMM Principal Investigator Georg Winter and his research group have been wo…
ANI
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Fighters in Sudan have seized a biolab containing contagious disease pathogens, raising fears of a deadly outbreak
The WHO described the development as extremely dangerous, saying there is a "huge biological risk" …
Tom Porter
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A giant seaweed mass heading for Florida's beaches is full of potentially dangerous bacteria that threatens a 'pathogen storm,' a study found
The bacteria Vibrio can stick to the plastic debris in a vast mass of Sargassum seaweed headed towa…
Isobel van Hagen
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Elon Musk's brain-chip startup is being investigated over potentially moving hazardous pathogens after monkey tests
An animal rights group had reached out to the agency alleging Neuralink had not properly transporte…
Grace Kay
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Strep A is surging in the UK and has already killed at least 19 children. Here's why it's taken so long to make a vaccine against this deadly pathogen.
Some researchers are working on a strep-A vaccine, but it will be a long time before one is availab…
Sarah Braner
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Doctors debunk 13 vaccine myths
Two doctors debunk 13 of the most common myths about vaccines and vaccinations, including misconcep…
Alexandra Appolonia
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The bubonic plague is not as rare as you think, with about 7 cases in the US every year and traces found on the New York subway
There's about seven cases of the bubonic plague in the US every year, and traces of the disease wer…
Shira Feder
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A rare case of brain-eating amoeba has been confirmed in Florida. Officials are telling residents to take precautions with tap water and to swim with nose clips.
The Florida Department of Health had to issue a warning for residents to avoid nasal contact with t…
Shira Feder
What's next for dating during coronavirus, according to an anthropologist, pathogen expert, and love-life coach
With social-distancing measures in place around the world, what does that mean for dating? Love-lif…
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What's next for dating during coronavirus, according to an anthropologist, pathogen expert, and love-life coach
Love-life coach Matthew Hussey joins an anthropologist and pathogen expert over Zoom to talk about …
Abby Narishkin,Steve Cameron
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Only a quarter of the 59 labs that handle the world's deadliest pathogens have top-level biosecurity, experts warn. They fear lax rules could lead to another pandemic.
As the theory that COVID-19 may have leaked from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology gains traction…
Sophia Ankel
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A 'highly pathogenic strain' of H5N1 bird flu has been reported in China's Hunan province
"The designation of low or highly pathogenic avian influenza refers to the potential for these viru…
Connor Perrett,Connor Perrett
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Bill Gates says the coronavirus is a pandemic and a 'once-in-a-century pathogen.' Here are the solutions he's proposing to fight it.
On Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declined to promise that a future coron…
Aria Bendix,Aria Bendix
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This Boeing 767 private jet's operator claims it has an advanced air system that kills pathogens so passengers don't need to wear a mask onboard – see inside
These massive planes were intended to carry hundreds of airline passengers but for the wealthy, the…
Thomas Pallini
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KFC food samples contain harmful bacteria: Govt. report
"We took the samples from Himayatnagar, Vidyanagar, Chikkadpally, Nacharam and ECIL X Road …
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NIH Finds Vials Of Ricin, Plague, And Other Deadly Pathogens Hiding In Fridges
While these substances are definitely dangerous - in 2013, the Secret Service intercepted an envelo…
Kevin Loria
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Scientists Analyzed The Pathogens In New York City's Rats - And The Results Are Even Grosser Than Expected
Many rodent-borne pathogens cause only mild or undifferentiated [i.e. difficult to distinguish from…