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First RSV treatment for infants and children approved in US

A treatment to prevent RSV in children up to two years old has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration

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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

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The Good Virus review: Could viruses cure deadly infections?

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

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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’re starting to understand how viruses trigger chronic conditions

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A dead pelican, possibly infected with bird flu, in Lima, Peru, in December 2022

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

Bird flu is infecting wild birds and poultry around the world. If it were to crossover into humans, some antiviral drugs are available but it would take time to develop a vaccine

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

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