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This study aims to characterize two newly identified human-origin H3N2 viruses found in Chile's swine-intensive populations. The viruses were isolated from samples collected from intensively farmed ...

After a comprehensive probe by the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), no further cases or signs of human-to-human spread have been found. This incident marks the sole case of H5N1 affecting a ...

A patient who'd been hospitalized in Louisiana with severe illness from H5N1 bird flu has died — the first human death from this type of avian influenza in the U.S., the Louisiana Department of ...

SINGAPORE – The bird, barely the size of a human palm, struggled in the mesh ... to ensure Singapore remains free from highly pathogenic avian influenza, which is fuelling an ongoing global ...

IAVs are of particular concern due to their ability to cause pandemics, unlike influenza B, C, and D viruses, which primarily cause seasonal outbreaks and have limited pandemic potential. The frequent ...

A new human species, Homo juluensis, has been proposed based on fossils from eastern Asia, dating back 300,000 to 50,000 years ago, possibly including the Denisovans. This research uses a novel method ...

But scientists have long assumed that bacteria can’t survive in the human brain. The powerful blood-brain barrier, the thinking goes, keeps the organ mostly free from outside invaders.

The reports from China suggest that the cause of the present surge in cases there are Influenza viruses -- Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) -- which are expected ...

The situation in China is not unusual in view of the ongoing flu season, a joint monitoring group has said amid reports of a surge in cases of the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in the neighbouring ...

As one of the laureates put it, AI's potential for accelerating scientific discovery makes it "one of the most transformative technologies in human history". But what will this transformation ...

Our ancient primate ancestors gave birth to twins. Modern humans overwhelmingly birth just a single child — a rather large child with an even larger head. Human brain and body size is certainly ...