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Gannets' blue eyes turn black after an infection with bird flu

Black irises have been spotted in gannets that test positive for bird flu antibodies, suggesting they are an indicator that the seabirds have survived an infection with the virus

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Climate change is fuelling the spread of viral diseases in plants

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A child in Seattle, Washington, receives a chickenpox vaccine in 2019. The US, among other countries, offers a routine chickenpox vaccine to children, unlike countries such as the UK and Denmark

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Should more countries vaccinate children against chickenpox?

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Your early life shapes the mix of good and bad viruses in your gut

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Norovirus particles

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Norovirus outbreak: Why is the number of cases in England so high?

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Influenza viruses may have originated in fish 600 million years ago

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A protest outside the White House, Washington DC, in September 2022 urging government action for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis, long covid and other infection-associated chronic conditions

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We’re starting to understand how viruses trigger chronic conditions

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A dead pelican, possibly infected with bird flu, in Lima, Peru, in December 2022

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How prepared is the world for a pandemic of bird flu in people?

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A fruit bat is swabbed to test for viruses

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Fruit bats get swabbed to look for diseases that could jump to humans

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Electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus particles

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Genetic tracking scheme for viruses could warn of dangerous outbreaks

A new effort to routinely sequence the genes of viruses that cause severe respiratory infections, such as flu and RSV, could lead to better treatments and vaccines

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How the covid-19 pandemic helped tackle Ebola and monkeypox in 2022

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Vaccine prompts HIV antibodies in 97 per cent of people in small study

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Promising universal flu vaccine could protect against 20 strains

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Flu, RSV and cost of living will all harm UK child health this winter

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