Researchers are studying a 44,000-year-old mummified wolf found in the permafrost in Russia. The wolf may tell scientists what its lifestyle and diet were like during the Pleistocene era. Researchers hope to learn more about ancient bacteria and how the wolf is related to modern animals. This wolf looks pretty good for its age, considering […]
Viruses are a mysterious and poorly understood force in microbial ecosystems. Researchers know they can infect, kill and manipulate human and bacterial cells in nearly every environment, from the oceans to your gut. But scientists don’t yet have a full picture of how viruses affect their surrounding environments in large part because of their extraordinary […]
Viruses are a mysterious and poorly understood force in microbial ecosystems. Researchers know they can infect, kill and manipulate human and bacterial cells in nearly every environment, from the oceans to your gut. But scientists don’t yet have a full picture of how viruses affect their surrounding environments in large part because of their extraordinary […]
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people. The virus that causes AIDS, for example, crossed over from chimpanzees. And many experts believe the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic flowed from bats. But, as a new study shows, […]
The United Nations warned that viruses are spreading in the Gaza Strip amid poor sanitary conditions and lack of resources. Gazans have limited access to health care and illness is spreading in overcrowded shelters amid Israel’s continued bombardment. More than 8,000 cases of viral Hepatitis A are linked to overcrowding in shelters, according to Gaza’s […]
You’ve wrapped up the presents and those last-minute holiday errands when all of a sudden you start to feel some not-so-merry symptoms like a cough, sore throat or fever. With respiratory virus season in full swing, Yahoo Life spoke with Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for the […]
It may sound a little gross, but analyzing wastewater for traces of diseases is one of the best ways to understand how populations are handling illness. It is can be a gold mine of information regarding the prevalence of respiratory viruses like influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and SARS-CoV-2 (which causes COVID-19). The latest results […]