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Norovirus vaccine pill protects against winter vomiting bug

An oral vaccine reduced infection risk in a trial where people were deliberately exposed to high doses of norovirus, and could also slow the spread of the pathogen

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Blackbird deaths point to looming West Nile virus threat in the UK

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How to think about the most contentious ideas in science

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What is hMPV, the virus spreading through China?

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Will an mRNA vaccine target the norovirus strain behind surging cases?

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H5N1 bird flu is closer to gaining pandemic potential than we thought

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Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans

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Older people may have better immunity against bird flu virus

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Viruses may help store vast amounts of carbon in soil

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Flu viruses have evolved proteins that let them break through mucus

Computer simulations of how influenza A moves through human mucus found it is ideally configured to slide through the sticky stuff on its way to infecting cells

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All your questions about Marburg virus answered

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Your toothbrush is teeming with hundreds of types of viruses

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Evidence points to Wuhan market as source of covid-19 outbreak

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Evidence mounts that saline nasal drops and sprays help treat colds

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