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Virology: the branch of science that deals with the study of viruses -- submicroscopic, parasitic particles of genetic material contained in a protein coat – and virus-like agents.
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JAN 17, 2023Microbiology
Fungi that can cause lung infections are all over our environment. Recent research has highlighted how much fungal speci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 16, 2023Immunology
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 continues to cause huge numbers of infections around the world because of the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 15, 2023Health & Medicine
Since 2021, a particularly persistent and deadly strain of avian influenza, highly pathogenic avian influenza, has been ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
The virus that causes COVID-19 uses the upper airways as a "launchpad" to infect others, said the researchers.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Smallpox is one of the worst diseases humanity has ever faced, and it has many distinctions. The first vaccine that was ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2023Health & Medicine
Even mild cases of COVID-19 can lead to long COVID, in which symptoms linger for weeks, months, or longer, significantly ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 02, 2023Microbiology
While it has gotten competition from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, measles is known as one of the most inf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 28, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses can infect cells, and take them over to produce more viruses. But can viruses serve as a source of nutrition? It ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2022Health & Medicine
After public protests, the Chinese government dramatically eased many restrictions related to COVID-19 earlier this mont ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2022Microbiology
For decades, people relied on antibiotics to eliminate bacterial infections, and for a long time, those antibiotics work ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2022Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been studied in depth, and now, researchers have put all that knowledge ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 13, 2022Plants & Animals
Scientists believe COVID-19 is still highly transmissible between species based on computer simulations of mammalian cro ...Written By: Kerry CharronDEC 09, 2022Health & Medicine
The CDC has estimated that over 40% of Americans have been infected with COVID-19, and about half probably do not know t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2022Immunology
A case of COVID-19 doesn't cause any symptoms at all in some people, while others are killed by the viral infection. Sci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2022Health & Medicine
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan acknowledged that not calling SARS-CoV-2 airborne "forcefully" earlier in the pandemic was a mist ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2022Immunology
Zika virus is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and can cause a mild illness in otherwise healthy adults. But wh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2022Immunology
Viral infections can trigger other dormant, or latent viruses. For example, the herpesviruses HSV and CMV can be reactiv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2022Genetics & Genomics
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers had identified the virus that causes the disease, SARS-CoV ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2022Neuroscience
The virus that causes COVID-19 does not infect neurons, or if it does, that only happens in rare cases. But COVID-19 can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2022Health & Medicine
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and clinicians knew that the virus could cause myriad healt ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2022Microbiology
On Saturday, Uganda extended a three-week lockdown in certain areas to try to control the spread of Ebola virus, which h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
It may be possible to reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms with an inexpensive amino acid that could open up new tre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Infections of SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19, do not always occur on their own. A COVID-19 infection can occur at the same time ...Written By: Zoe MichaudNOV 01, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Shingles, or herpes zoster (HZ), is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which is the same virus that causes chicken po ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2023
Microbiology
Fungi that can cause lung infections are all over our environment. Recent research has highlighted how much fungal speci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2023
Immunology
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 continues to cause huge numbers of infections around the world because of the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 15, 2023
Health & Medicine
Since 2021, a particularly persistent and deadly strain of avian influenza, highly pathogenic avian influenza, has been
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
The virus that causes COVID-19 uses the upper airways as a "launchpad" to infect others, said the researchers.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Smallpox is one of the worst diseases humanity has ever faced, and it has many distinctions. The first vaccine that was
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2023
Health & Medicine
Even mild cases of COVID-19 can lead to long COVID, in which symptoms linger for weeks, months, or longer, significantly
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2023
Microbiology
While it has gotten competition from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, measles is known as one of the most inf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses can infect cells, and take them over to produce more viruses. But can viruses serve as a source of nutrition? It
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2022
Health & Medicine
After public protests, the Chinese government dramatically eased many restrictions related to COVID-19 earlier this mont
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2022
Microbiology
For decades, people relied on antibiotics to eliminate bacterial infections, and for a long time, those antibiotics work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2022
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been studied in depth, and now, researchers have put all that knowledge
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2022
Plants & Animals
Scientists believe COVID-19 is still highly transmissible between species based on computer simulations of mammalian cro
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 09, 2022
Health & Medicine
The CDC has estimated that over 40% of Americans have been infected with COVID-19, and about half probably do not know t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2022
Immunology
A case of COVID-19 doesn't cause any symptoms at all in some people, while others are killed by the viral infection. Sci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2022
Health & Medicine
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan acknowledged that not calling SARS-CoV-2 airborne "forcefully" earlier in the pandemic was a mist
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2022
Immunology
Zika virus is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and can cause a mild illness in otherwise healthy adults. But wh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2022
Immunology
Viral infections can trigger other dormant, or latent viruses. For example, the herpesviruses HSV and CMV can be reactiv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers had identified the virus that causes the disease, SARS-CoV
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2022
Neuroscience
The virus that causes COVID-19 does not infect neurons, or if it does, that only happens in rare cases. But COVID-19 can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2022
Health & Medicine
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and clinicians knew that the virus could cause myriad healt
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2022
Microbiology
On Saturday, Uganda extended a three-week lockdown in certain areas to try to control the spread of Ebola virus, which h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
It may be possible to reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms with an inexpensive amino acid that could open up new tre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Infections of SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19, do not always occur on their own. A COVID-19 infection can occur at the same time
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
NOV 01, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Shingles, or herpes zoster (HZ), is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which is the same virus that causes chicken po
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch