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Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion. Researchers discovered that it actively reshapes the 3D structure of the human ...

As an Ebola outbreak grows in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, researchers are scrambling to learn more about the rare virus that has sickened hundreds. What they find may be crucial to help turn ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) agents increasingly operate behind the scenes on smartphones and industrial machines, Singapore telco StarHub is developing a world-first SIM-based governance service ...

Last month, a pair of viruses seized the headlines. First came a hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship, which caused as many as 13 infections, three of which were fatal. Then an Ebola outbreak ...

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The types of Ebola and hantavirus worrying officials are very different from the species identified decades ago, raising new questions about how to respond. By Carl Zimmer This month, a pair of ...

Hikers along Southern California's Pacific Crest Trail have been smacked with fast-spreading cases of a "winter vomiting disease" – and they aren't the only ones. At least two dozen hikers have fallen ...

The Bundibugyo virus, a little known type, previously had caused just two small outbreaks. Now it’s at the center of a rapidly widening epidemic in Africa. By Carl Zimmer As the Ebola outbreak spreads ...