Two common wild plants contain extracts that inhibit the ability of the virus that causes COVID-19 to infect living cells, an Emory University study finds.
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Extracts from two wild plants inhibit COVID-19 virus, study finds
February 11, 2023By
Flu and other respiratory virus activity continues to ramp up across the US
November 6, 2022By
Seventeen states, Washington, DC, and New York City, are reporting high or very high respiratory illness activity amid a flu season that’s hitting harder and earlier than usual, according to data published Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Common medications alter flu virus activity
October 20, 2021By
Although the influenza virus varies a lot from year to year, the flu usually contributes to approximately 1000 deaths a year in Norway.
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California now has nation’s lowest virus transmission rate
September 22, 2021By
California is seeing lower coronavirus transmission than other U.S. states as virus cases and hospitalizations decline following a summer surge
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Cancer-Killing Virus Therapy Shows Promise Against Inoperable Skin Cancers
April 23, 2021By
Early results show that a new combination drug therapy is safe and effective against advanced skin cancer in patients who were not able to have their tumors surgically removed.
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Genetically-modified mosquitoes key to stopping Zika virus spread
January 26, 2021By
In 2016, the World Health Organization called the Zika virus epidemic a ‘public health emergency of international concern’ due to the virus causing birth defects for pregnant women in addition to neurological problems.
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NYC virus lockdown protest leader arrested on riot charge
October 12, 2020By
Police say a leader of protests against new coronavirus restrictions in Brooklyn has been arrested on charges of inciting to riot and unlawful imprisonment of a journalist
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Is the COVID-19 virus pathogenic because it depletes specific host microRNAs?
August 17, 2020By
Researchers propose that the COVID-19 virus acts as a microRNA ‘sponge’ to deplete miRNA levels in ways that aid viral replication and stymie the host immune response.
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Nurses, lauded for virus efforts, find their tires slashed
April 12, 2020By
Some nurses at a New York hospital who had just been lauded for their work during the coronavirus pandemic ended their overnight shifts to find their tires had been slashed
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Amid virus, Congress’ leaders resist call for remote voting
March 18, 2020By
“We’ll not be doing that," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said.
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