There’s a virus you may have never heard of before that is estimated to infect up to 90 percent of people and lurks quietly in your cells for life—but if it becomes activated, it will destroy your ...

Penn State scientists uncovered an ancient bacterial defense where dormant viral DNA helps bacteria fight new viral threats. The enzyme PinQ flips bacterial genes to create protective proteins that ...

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Staff at the national seashore about 100 miles north of Año Nuevo State Park began to notice an uptick in dead common murres on Feb. 25, around the same time the first cases were identified in marine ...

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Anthropic is trialling a feature that lets users send prompts to Claude from a smartphone. Claude will complete the task on its own on a person's computer. Anthropic's product underscores its push ...

At least 14 states and Washington, DC, are reporting high or very high flu activity. The dominant flu strain, a version of influenza A (H3N2) called subclade K, has multiple mutations that make it ...

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Sore throat has been known to be one of the first signs of a COVID-19 infection — and now a specific version of the symptom, referred to as "razor blade throat," is being associated with the newest ...

A new variant of COVID-19 is spreading across the U.S., health officials say. At least 23 countries have reported the SARS-CoV-2 BA.3.2 variant as of Feb. 11, according to a study published last week ...