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Why Do Giant Viruses Even Exist?
Ask anybody about the size of something like a virus is and there’s a good chance that they’s…
Viruses can change your scent to make you more attractive to mosquitoes, new research in mice finds
Mosquito-borne diseases are estimated to cause over 1 million deaths a year. mrs/Moment via Getty Images Penghua Wang,…
Researchers identified over 5,500 new viruses in the ocean, including a missing link in viral evolution
There are even more types of viruses in the ocean than researchers once thought. newannyart/iStock via Getty Images…
HIV Viruses “Vanish” From a Woman’s Body In a Second-Ever Reported Case
Back in 2013, a woman from Esperanza, Argentina, was diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), notorious for…
First Known Human Case of H10N3 Avian Influenza Reported
China’s National Health Commission (NHC) announced last June 1 that the world’s first known human case of the…