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Ebola virus disease is a rare but often deadly condition that causes fever, body aches, diarrhea, and sometimes bleeding inside and outside the body. It's caused by viruses commonly called Ebola ...

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We show how the immune system would normally attempt to neutralize virus particles and how CoV-2 can block that effort. We explain some of the virus's surprising abilities, such as its capacity to ...

An outbreak of Marburg virus has killed at least eight people in Rwanda. The highly-infectious disease is similar to Ebola, with symptoms including fever, muscle pains, diarrhoea, vomiting and ...

By Dani Blum People with psychiatric conditions are more likely to be hospitalized or die of the virus. Scientists have ideas about why that might be the case. By Dani Blum For many, Covid is ...

From colds to cold sores, chickenpox and COVID-19, when we think about well-known infections or diseases, there's often a virus behind them. In fact, viruses are the most diverse and numerous ...