Press release Wednesday, June 29, 2022 A class of viruses known to cause serious diarrheal illnesses, including the one infamous for widespread outbreaks on cruise ships, can grow in the salivary glands of mice and spread through their saliva, scientists at the National Institutes of Health. The findings show that there is a new transmission […]
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Viruses survive in freshwater by ‘hitchhiking’ on plastic, study finds | Plastic
Dangerous viruses can remain infectious for up to three days in fresh water by hitchhiking on plastic, the researchers found. Enteric viruses that cause diarrhea and upset stomach, such as rotavirus, were found to survive in water by attaching to microplastics, tiny particles less than 5mm long. They remain infectious, researchers at the University of […]
A viral infection could attract mosquitoes to humans
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal in the world. Hundreds of thousands of deaths a year are attributed to mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, dengue, Zika, and chikungunya. The way mosquitoes seek out and feed on their hosts are important factors in how a virus circulates […]
After Roe, his Facebook group went viral.
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, Veronica Risinger started what she thought would be a small Facebook group for her neighbors in Kansas City, Missouri, to share resources for people seeking abortions. But Risinger’s phone notifications never stopped. His small group has morphed into a 30,000-member national nexus for anger, candid […]
A seagull flaps its wings and a deadly virus explodes
A large black-backed gull that migrated from Europe to eastern Canada last winter may have been the first carrier in North America of the deadly strain of avian influenza that has killed tens of millions of domestic birds and devastated wild bird populations. . Large-scale outbreaks have provided researchers with a new opportunity to refine […]
Duration of shedding of cultivable virus in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection (BA.1)
To the editor: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant B.1.1.529 (omicron) has a shorter incubation period and higher transmission rate than previous variants.1,2 Recently, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended shortening the period of strict isolation for infected people in non-healthcare settings from 10 days to 5 days after symptom onset […]
Types, Symptoms, Treatments in Adults and Kids
Rashes are common skin irritations that may be caused by allergies, diseases, or infections. Bacteria, fungi, or viruses can cause an infection. A viral rash is a skin rash resulting from a viral infection like chickenpox, rubella, or measles. A viral rash often occurs with other symptoms associated with the underlying viral infection. This can […]
Louisiana Woman’s TikTok Goes Viral After Indecent Exposure Allegation
This story has been updated to include a statement from Casey LaCaze-Lachney. The TikTok video of a Winnfield, LA woman went viral after she took to the app to complain about a citation for indecent exposure she received at a festival on Saturday, June 11. Casey LaCaze-Lachney, known on the app by her username @kazzi112, […]
‘Viral dark matter’ could help mitigate climate change: Here’s how
Scientists recently uncovered a trove of new data on RNA viruses in the ocean, including 5,500 new RNA virus species. The analysis suggests that a small part of them had genes “stolen” from the organisms they infected, helping to identify their roles in marine processes. Several can help bring carbon absorbed from the atmosphere to […]
Influenza A virus undergoes compartmentalized replication in vivo dominated by stochastic bottlenecks
Large-scale incorporation of barcodes avoids artificial bottlenecking of variants Naturally occurring genetic diversity in influenza virus populations is poorly suited for high-resolution characterization of population-level dynamics and cannot accurately enumerate the full spectrum of individual virions present. Many virions will not have genetically unique markers and genetic mutations may affect the fitness of the virus, […]