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A G155E-mutated H1N1 strain is driving an early U.S. flu surge. Early data suggest the updated vaccine still offers ...

A new flu variant known as subclade K is on the rise across the country. Although a spike in this particular strain of influenza, referred to by some as a “super flu,” has been recorded, symptoms ...

It may be spring, but virus season isn't over yet. Flu and Covid, including a new variant called BA.3.2, nicknamed "cicada," are still circulating, along with several other respiratory illnesses and a ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A new coronavirus virus variant, XEC, is rapidly spreading across the ...

The arrival of agriculture coincided with a sharp rise in a gene variant that protected against the virus that causes winter vomiting, researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Linköping University ...

A sweeping editorial on a 2024–2025 research collection describes how long-read sequencing, newborn screening, population ...

The only natural host of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is humans. Model organisms for laboratory studies, especially mice, cannot be infected, which makes the search for a vaccine against HCV extremely ...