Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered how a viral infection causes autoimmune disease, ...

With better risk stratification, clinicians may be able to optimize medical management of patients with chronic HBV who don’t ...

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Virus–host interactions are the viral and host processes that occur during viral infection, which enable both partners to respond to each other. Systematic comparison of SARS-CoV-2 spike ...

While this development has not changed the CDC’s official assessment of risk to the general public, it does indicate that the H5N1 virus is capable of adapting to human airways. If you're ...

Scientists have developed an innovative therapeutic platform by mimicking the intricate structures of viruses using artificial intelligence (AI). Professor Sangmin Lee from POSTECH's Department of ...

The CDC said the patient's sample showed mutations in the hemagglutinin (HA) gene, the part of the virus that plays a key role in it attaching to host cells. The health body said, opens new tab ...

Hepatitis B (sometimes referred to as hep B) is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It typically causes symptoms like stomach pain, dark urine, fatigue, fever, jaundice (yellowing ...

The long and short answer is that there is not yet a cure for hepatitis B. Understanding why requires insight into the virus itself and the challenges cure researchers face. Hepatitis B is an ...

The H5N1 virus has now established its presence in 108 countries across five continents, impacting even endangered species like the California condor and polar bears. Alarmingly, bird flu was ...

which can pick up the virus from sewage in the water before they’re harvested, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). 2:06 Warning about eating raw B.C. oysters Sylvain ...

A statement from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control and the ... and that to kill the virus, oysters can be cooked to an internal temperature of 90 C for 90 seconds before eating.