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Researchers are not just worried about the virus popping up on American farms. Other types are causing trouble around the ...

Food poisoning is never a fun experience. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you’ll bite into something bad and realize soon enough ...

Which virus promises to be the worst in years this January? Why is this virus spreading fast, and what can we do to protect ...

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A virus relies on the host's translation machinery to replicate itself and become infectious. Translation efficiency ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses.

Even with Apple’s locked-down design, iPhones in 2026 are not magically immune to malicious apps, scam pop-ups, or ...

Even signed, virus-free programs can secretly hack your computer through a tactic called DLL hijacking. Hackers slip in ...

At least 14 states and Washington, DC, are reporting high or very high flu activity. The dominant flu strain, a version of influenza A (H3N2) called subclade K, has multiple mutations that make it ...

In the early 1990s, an unknown virus infected the computers at the Polytechnic School of the University of Málaga. It wasn’t malicious, but it was a nuisance because no one knew what to do about the ...

As of mid-December, flu, COVID, and RSV activity are relatively low throughout most of the U.S., but rates of all three are climbing just as many Americans travel and gather for the holidays. And, for ...