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First Ever Human Case Of H5N2 Bird Flu Leads To Death In Mexico
IFLScience· 2 days agoA man in Mexico has died after contracting the first lab-confirmed human infection with H5N2 bird...
Man Dies After H5N2 Bird Flu Infection. Here’s How It Differs From H5N1
Forbes· 2 days agoA new strain of bird flu, H5N2, was just identified in Mexico City, following the death of a...
Disease from parasite in US water supply might finally be treatable
Newsweek· 5 days agoThis parasite, named cryptosporidium, is a single-celled organism that can cause a diarrheal disease...
Is Ancient Viral DNA To Blame For Depression, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder?
Inverse· 6 days agoAround 8% of human DNA is made up of genetic sequences acquired from ancient viruses.
Scientists identify gene linked to developmental disorders - UPI.com
UPI· 5 days agoRNU4-2 -- can cause a collection of developmental symptoms that had not previously been tied to a...
Strange Giant Viruses Found Lurking On Greenland Ice Sheet
IFLScience· 3 days agoLurking in the snow and frost of Greenland’s ice sheet, mysterious giant viruses has been...
Pregnant in a warming climate: A lethal 'double risk' for malaria
National Catholic Reporter· 1 day agoRoger Casupang was working in a coastal clinic on the north side of Papua New Guinea, an island...
FLiRTing with a COVID summer surge? What to know about the newest family of Omicron subvariants
Fortune· 3 days ago“This is not a surprise; this is always in the cards,” Edwin Michael, PhD, an epidemiologist at the University of South Florida College of Public Health, tells Fortune. “The mutations will keep ...
A Scientific Approach to Cleaning Your Mouth
Scientific American· 6 days agoThe American dentist, Willoughby Miller, linked microbes to dental decay 130 years ago. In his book Micro-Organisms of the Human Mouth, he detailed the...
The Push to Get More People Into Long COVID Studies
Medscape· 4 days agoWhen Ezra Spier was diagnosed with long COVID in late 2022, his main symptom, postexertional malaise, caused fatigue so severe that it forced him to quit...