Viruses are doing mysterious things everywhere – AI can help researchers understand what they’re up to in the oceans and in your gut

Scientists are discovering viral genetic sequences in the wild faster than they can analyze them. A kind of ChatGPT for proteins can help make sense of all that data.

Libusha Kelly, Associate Professor of Systems and Computational Biology, Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine • conversation
May 15, 2024 ~7 min

COVID virus can infect your eyes and damage vision

The virus that causes COVID-19 can breach the blood-retinal barrier, leading to potential long-term consequences for the retina and vision.

Rochita Ghosh-U. Missouri • futurity
May 15, 2024 ~5 min


Discovery could lead to new hepatitis B treatments

Researchers may have found an "Achilles heel" for hepatitis B, which affects about 296 million people and kills about 1 million every year.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
May 13, 2024 ~7 min

Bird flu detected in Colorado dairy cattle − a vet explains the risks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

A veterinarian and epidemiologist who studies infectious diseases in dairy cows discusses the outbreak, how cows recover and what the government is doing to keep the milk supply safe.

Jason Lombard, Associate Professor and Veterinarian, Colorado State University • conversation
May 10, 2024 ~8 min

Future pandemics will have the same human causes as ancient outbreaks − lessons from anthropology can help prevent them

Human factors − such as how people produce food and how they organize themselves and live together − influence disease outbreaks.

Ron Barrett, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Macalester College • conversation
May 7, 2024 ~9 min

Scientists Concerned about Bird Flu Among Cows

VOA Learning English • voa
April 30, 2024 ~5 min

How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers

Five livestock experts who study infectious diseases in the dairy industry explain the risks.

Todd Cornish, Professor of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis • conversation
April 25, 2024 ~9 min

What you should know about rising measles cases

Cases of measles, a highly contagious and deadly disease, are surging in parts of the US. Experts fill you in on what you need to know.

Tufts University • futurity
April 19, 2024 ~8 min


Should you worry about bird flu found in cows?

Bird flu is circulating among dairy cows and a dairy farm employee has been infected. An expert explains what you need to know.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
April 16, 2024 ~9 min

Team solves mystery of how phages disarm bacteria

A new study of how phages disarm dangerous bacteria could lead to new treatments for bacterial infections, researchers report.

Laura Muntean-Texas A&M • futurity
April 15, 2024 ~7 min

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