Browsing: Pandemic

October 29, 20253 min readThis Overlooked Bird Flu Strain Might Be the Next Pandemic RiskExperiments suggests H9N2 has adapted to human cells, but cases of person-to-person…

Amazon is preparing to lay off tens of thousands of corporate workers, reversing its pandemic hiring spree. The cuts come months after the retail giant’s CEO…

Attention has been focused on avian influenza virus H5N1 in the past few years, but scientists are concerned about the spread of other bird viruses.Credit: Ralf…

September 25, 20254 min readCow Udders Could Brew Up Dangerous New Bird Flu StrainsCells in cow udders could act as a site for human flu and…

Rattling departures of high-ranking officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appear to be sending the U.S. public health agency into unsettling disarray, experts…

Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species.In theory, it would take just one of these…

Pupils in England who were thought to have been among the worst affected by Covid have bounced back in their GCSE results, with more achieving top…

For most people, memories of childhood coughs and colds are synonymous with a menthol-smelling ointment in a dark blue jar with a turquoise cap.For more than…

Over the past four weeks, the Covid-19 inquiry has examined how the care sector was affected by a lack of testing and protective equipment and by…

More than five years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are still discovering the after-effects of not only the virus but also the prolonged…