COVID-19 risk might be much lower than in past summers, but it’s not gone - making a pre-Christmas booster for some a good idea.
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Public toilets can be a ‘microbial soup’, especially when many people use them and they’re not cleaned frequently.
If you have COVID or the flu, you’ll want to stay home and recover. But what about if your symptoms are mild? Here’s what to consider.
A 25-year-old local scientist captured rare footage showing how one of the world’s deadliest viruses could jump from bats to humans.
How to stay safe from rabies on your next trip.
Catching the flu or COVID can trigger a heart attack or stroke in vulnerable people. Here’s what we can all do to lower our risk.
Alzheimer’s is a complex disease caused by many interacting factors. It’s possible the herpes virus could play a small role – but the evidence isn’t conclusive.
Taking a bath may not be your favorite thing to do, but it will help keep you clean and healthy.
The concentration of CO2 in the air directly affects how long a virus remains infectious.
At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It’s a sign that a pandemic may be on the horizon.
The question of whether viruses are alive or dead is a controversial one in science.
With more extreme weather events comes the possibility of more harm from sewage-associated viruses.
The virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has evolved to infect mosquitoes. To be able to spread between people, however, it faces extra challenges.
Restrictions have recently been put in place in England and Scotland to curb the spread of bird flu.
You can get norovirus any time of the year, but it spreads most during the winter.
Officials have confirmed eight new outbreaks in Michigan poultry flocks since mid-December.
Disease-causing bacteria, fungi and viruses have been found everywhere in the gym – including on floors, door handles, weights, treadmills and exercise mats.
An outbreak of HMPV has caused panic in some quarters. Here’s what you need to know about the seasonal virus.
Cold and flu viruses often circulate more in the fall and winter, but there are some time-tested strategies for avoiding them, such as vaccines, handwashing and staying active.
Much, if not all, long COVID appears to be driven by the virus persisting in the body. Formal proof remains elusive but here’s what the science shows.
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Lecturer in Virology, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester
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Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Principal Scientist and Canada Research Chair in Zoonotic Virus and Animal Reservoirs at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization and Co-Lead of One Health at the University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine
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Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Regents' Professor & Chair, Medical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
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Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster
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Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Melbourne Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne; Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor and Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University
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Director of Microbiology, University of California, San Diego