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Human cells infected with influenza virus

Health

Promising universal flu vaccine could protect against 20 strains

An mRNA vaccine has been found to induce antibody responses against all 20 known subtypes of influenza A and B in mice and ferrets

Children in the UK may be more at risk of infections and other health complications this winter compared with previous years

Health

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

Permafrost in Alaska

Health

A 48,500-year-old virus has been revived from Siberian permafrost

Keven Esvelt

Health

Pandemic terrorism risk is being overlooked, warns leading geneticist

The biotechnology firm Oxitec has released boxes throughout Brazil that contain genetically-modified male mosquitoes of the species Aedes aegypti

Environment

Genetically modified mosquitoes cut the insect’s number by 96 per cent

Red Cross workers place a coffin, containing someone who died of Ebola, into a grave on October 11 in Mubende, Uganda

Health

Uganda introduces its first Ebola lockdown while it waits for vaccines

Large flock of brown hens in a chicken barn at a farm.

Environment

UK prepares for worst bird flu outbreak on record this winter

Allowing the monkeypox virus to spread raises the risk it may mutate to become more transmissible

Health

Monkeypox: A dangerous variant circulating in the DRC could go global

Medical workers disinfect beds at an Ebola treatment centre in Mubende, Uganda

Health

Uganda struggles to contain Ebola variant with no approved vaccine

A face mask with virus sensor next to a laptop

Technology

Smart face mask could detect coronavirus on other people’s breath

A prototype N95 face mask with a sensor built into the breath valve appears to be highly sensitive to virus proteins in early-stage tests

Health

Drugs that mutate viruses to kill them could make them more dangerous

Health

Langya virus: How serious is the new pathogen discovered in China?

Life

E. coli that is recoded to be virus resistant may aid drug production

Health

Mystery child hepatitis cases linked to previously ‘harmless’ virus