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Researchers have tested a novel therapeutic concept to treat virus-induced lung failure in patients with severe COVID-19 in a phase 2 clinical trial. The approach may also be applicable to other ...

The ascension of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, to the nation’s top health post has alarmed medical ...

There are many processes and proteins that help the body fight a flu infection. One of them is known as IFITM3. | ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us all the importance of educating the public about viral infections. Besides educating the general public, we need to equip the next generation of scientists by ...

Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

The COVID-19 pandemic led to heightened public interest in learning about viruses and how they can cause diseases. There has ...

Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection—among them, raising ...

The virus takes control of three key host proteins that suppress the activity of the complement system. Researchers at the ...