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The dubious track record — and potential risks — of virus hunting, explained.

Two strains of the bacterium causing tuberculosis have only minor genetic differences but attack the lungs in completely different fashion, according to Rutgers

Faculty from the Departments of Microbiology, Medicine Genetics and Genomic Sciences, and Pathology and Molecular Cell-Based Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai play key roles in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program set up to provide a real-time risk assessment of variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The program, called SARS-CoV-2 Assessment of Viral Evolution (SAVE) and described in a paper published March 31 in Nature, assesses how the variants m...

Program employs a coordinated approach and serves as a template for response against rapidly evolving pandemic pathogens

Human blood samples from across New England show evidence of Borrelia miyamotoi, a relative of the bacteria that causes ...

New research tracks the tick-borne bacteria Borrelia miyamotoi. "To our surprise, it was found at all our testing sites throughout New England."

Dr. Joseph Ladapo is expected to be confirmed soon as Florida’s new surgeon general. He has vowed to “completely reject fear” in managing the pandemic.

In pushing for confirmation of Dr. Joseph Ladapo as Florida’s next surgeon general, Gov. Ron DeSantis has found a partner in fighting what Ladapo calls the policies of “fear.”

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has provided $10 million to HHMI Investigators at Yale, an HHMI host institution. The funding supports collaborative

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