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Humans are spilling the COVID-19 virus back into wildlife! Study finds widespread infection in backyard animals
Genetic analysis of wild animals has revealed not only the presence of SARS-CoV-2, but also the eme…
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Cows are now spreading bird flu to each other — here's why that's problematic for humans
Avian influenza H5N1 has spread to US cattle, raising concerns about its potential to infect mammal…
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Pioneering RNA vaccines could tackle all future virus mutations, eliminate need for booster doses
This method addresses the challenge of viral mutation by targeting thousands of sections of the vir…
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Bird flu could jump to humans any day. A former surgeon general says it feels like 2020 again.
H5N1 avian flu virus is spreading in cattle herds. Former surgeon general Jerome Adams, who served …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Why 4 new bird flu developments have experts worried about the virus
The H5N1 bird flu virus is changing and getting more opportunities to adapt to humans. Experts are …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Experts are racing to contain 'the most dangerous' monkeypox virus yet before it causes a global outbreak
The new monkeypox strain spreads mpox rash in new ways. "There's definitely the opportunity for thi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists warn of bird flu pandemic that could be '100 times worse' than COVID after rare human case found in US
The H5N1 avian flu has spread rapidly since a new strain was detected in 2020 affecting wild birds …
ANI
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Why Humana went deep on primary care
These are Business Insider's biggest healthcare stories for January 26.
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
How viruses like the coronavirus mutate
Genetic mutations aren't as scary as they sound. With RNA viruses, like the one that causes COVID-1…
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How viruses like the coronavirus mutate
Coronavirus mutations can sound scary, but they're actually nothing to worry about. Some can even b…
Abby Tang,Clancy Morgan,Emily Park
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Saudi Arabia halts all international flights for a week over fears of new COVID-19 strain
Saudi Arabia has halted all international flights for a week amid fears over a highly infectious ne…
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Study suggests rodents likely origin of the Omicron variant
A previous study had suggested that the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have been …
PTI
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A woman with HIV had the coronavirus for 216 days. The virus mutated at least 30 times inside her.
Scientist detected 32 virus mutations in the woman's body, including some seen in variants of conce…
Marianne Guenot
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No, the coronavirus did not recently mutate to become more transmissible: 'People are still getting the same virus we saw in the spring'
Scientists are pushing back on a new study that says the new coronavirus has mutated to be more tra…
Aylin Woodward
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Omicron-infected deer put scientists on high alert for spillover of new variants to humans
The coronavirus seems widespread among white-tailed deer in the US, raising concerns about the spil…
Aria Bendix
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Fauci calls COVID-19 shots' diminished results against the mutated virus 'a wake-up call'
Some coronavirus vaccines don't work as well against a variant of the virus first identified in Sou…
Allison DeAngelis
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Here are all the mutations in the Omicron variant and why they are scaring scientists
The Omicron variant has an unprecedented combination of mutations. Many of those mutations are comp…
Marianne Guenot
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Novel artificial enzymes could help 'kill' Covid virus: Study
Scientists have developed artificial enzymes programmed to target the genetic code of SARS-CoV-2 an…
PTI
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Coronavirus transmission among vaccinated people could raise the risk of an even more dangerous variant
As cases of the Delta variant surge, vaccinated people who don't mask up may increase the risk that…
Aylin Woodward,Hilary Brueck
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The original coronavirus strain has almost disappeared in the US. One chart shows how variants took over.
The Alpha variant took over as the US's dominant coronavirus strain in April. Delta could replace i…