In mid-2020, a team of scientists capturing bats in caves in Laos discovered coronaviruses that were strikingly similar to the one that had begun wreaking havoc around the world. In the months since then, some of those researchers have been studying one of these mysterious bat viruses in a high-security lab in Paris, hoping to […]
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Demographic and clinical characteristics of confirmed cases of human monkeypox virus in people attending a sexual health center in London, UK: an observational analysis.
Background Cases of human monkeypox virus in the UK have historically been limited to infections imported from West Africa. Currently, the UK and several other countries are reporting a rapid increase in monkeypox cases among people attending sexual health clinics, with no apparent epidemiological links to endemic areas. We describe the demographic and clinical characteristics […]
Monkeypox viral DNA detected in saliva and semen
A study published today in Eurosurveillance used 140 samples taken from 12 monkeypox-infected patients in Barcelona, Spain, and found poxvirus DNA in semen, saliva, urine and feces. Although the main mode of transmission of the smallpox-related virus is through skin-to-skin contact with infected lesions, this study suggests the possibility of transmission through sexual fluids or […]
George Westren died alone in his apartment. Then his art went viral.
comment this story Comment Every time Alan Warburton saw George Westren walking the halls of his London apartment building, his neighbor was carrying a blue duffel messenger bag. “I always speculated about what he was carrying,” said Warburton, 41, who chatted a bit with Westren about the weather or the building’s below-average water pressure. After […]
Brian Windhorst in “First Take” video, going viral, Rudy Gobert exchange
1. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst was the star of Twitter for a few days after this video of him talking about the Utah Jazz went viral last Friday. Windhorst spoke for more than two minutes about what the Jazz were doing. But he did it in a methodical, deliberate and fascinating way, complete with hand signals, […]
The virus causing the monkeypox outbreak has mutated to spread more easily
The virus strain in the current monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries was likely separated from the monkeypox virus that caused an outbreak in Nigeria in 2018-19 and has many more mutations than expected, several that increase transmission , according to a study published today in Nature Medicine. . The study comes from Portugal’s National Institute […]
Common viral infection, leads to more acute symptoms in children with uncontrolled asthma
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‘Guilt Tipping’ Takes a Hit in Viral Video: ‘So Awkward’
A woman has reignited the debate over digital tipping etiquette in a TikTok video that has now gone viral. In the clip, TikTok user Aubrey Grace acts out a scenario many of us have experienced: the immense (and uncomfortable) pressure that comes from being asked to tip using an iPad. Grace acted out the family […]
Increase in viral infection among children
No need to panic, doctors say, advising kids with flu symptoms to skip school No need to panic, doctors say, advising kids with flu symptoms to skip school Weeks after schools reopen for this academic year, doctors are seeing a spike in viral infections among children. Various hospitals and doctors in the city are receiving […]
Highland Park shooting: Kamala Harris goes viral with ‘seriously’ word salad during visit to suburban Chicago
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vice President Kamala Harris went viral Tuesday for comments she made in Highland Park, Illinois, following the horrific Independence Day parade massacre. Just one day after the mass shooting that left seven dead and more than 30 injured, Harris visited the northern suburb of Chicago to meet […]