The ‘genomic accordion’ mpox viruses use to evolve, infect humans
Poxviruses have long been a cause of fear as well as curiosity for humankind. One particularly infam...
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New type of host defence against Zika, dengue infections revealed
The mere presence of a virus in a bodily fluid doesn’t mean it is transmitted via that route. The Zi...
Endemic dengue may have helped stem severity of early COVID wave in India: study
Can the dengue virus beat the coronavirus and is it why the early wave of the pandemic in 2020 resul...
Children at risk as new mpox variant hits Congo displacement camps
Scars from the mpox pustules are still visible on 7-year old Grace Kabuo’s face, as well as on a han...
Sweden reports first case of deadly mpox strain outside Africa
Sweden on Thursday (August 15, 2024) announced the first case outside Africa of the more dangerous v...
Mpox outbreak, first neglected in Africa, could now turn into the next global pandemic
The mpox outbreak in Africa is yet another example of how infectious diseases perceived to be “someo...
More than 18,700 mpox cases detected in Africa since January: health agency
A total of 18,737 suspected or confirmed cases of mpox were reported in Africa since the beginning o...
Mice study claims to have found long COVID’s ‘real’ perpetrator
In scientific circles, the SARS-CoV-2 virus is well-known as a vasculopathic agent: a damager of blo...
A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads
Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter’s grave. Th...
Australia, New Zealand brace for looming bird flu threat
Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain by tightening...
