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Unprecedented Avian Flu Epidemic Could Presage Year-Round Outbreaks

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Experts Mixed on Risk of “Centaurus” Omicron Subvariant

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What Is This New Langya Virus? Do We Need to Be Worried?

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How the Omicron Subvariant BA.5 Became a Master of Disguise—and What It Means for the Current COVID-19 Surge

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Opinion: Destroy All Samples of the Smallpox Virus

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The Scientist Speaks - To Conserve and Protect: The Quest for Universal Vaccines

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Zooming in on SARS-CoV-2 Replication to Develop Antiviral Therapies

Discover the predictive power of wastewater for tracking pathogens

Wastewater’s Hidden Value for Monitoring Public Health

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New Mechanism for Virus-Triggered Autoimmunity Uncovered

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Famed Pathologist Johan Hultin Dies at 97

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SARS-CoV-2 in the Air: What’s Known and What Isn’t

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Book Excerpt from On the Trail of the Jackalope

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Who Will Win the 2026 Nobel Prize? Scientists Make Their Predictions

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Vipers’ Self-Defense Mechanism Could Spark a New Antivenom Strategy

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Was Anthropic’s Biology Breakthrough Borrowed From Another Scientist’s Work?

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Federal Research Grant Awards Fall to a Six-Year Low

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CellRaft AIR: Find the Right Antibody-Producing Cells Faster

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Antarctica’s Blood Falls Teems With Mysterious Microbial Life

Miles away from the closest ocean, marine microbes thrive in the red ice and mud around Blood Falls, offering clues to microbial adaptation and past climate events.

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Characterizing LNP Heterogeneity With Super-Resolution Imaging

Characterizing LNP Heterogeneity With Super-Resolution Imaging

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Exploring the Most Impactful CRISPR Stories

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