Streeting says ‘terrifying’ virus surge and doctors’ strike could collapse NHS - Hospitalisations for flu in England hit ...

Wes Streeting has said he is “genuinely fearful” for the NHS, and agreed that the collapse of the health service is ...

A hybrid form of mpox has been identified in the UK. Health professionals are not surprised that the sexually transmitted ...

Scientists comment on a UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announcement that a new mpox strain has been identified in England. Dr Jonas Albarnaz, Institute Fellow, Capripoxvirus Biology, Pirbright ...

Swine acute diarrhoea syndrome coronavirus has the potential to spill over to humans and animals, researchers say.

Every winter, respiratory viruses, especially influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and RSV, put huge pressure on healthcare systems throughout Europe. In a typical season, flu causes up to 50 million symptomatic ...

The flu season has started a few weeks earlier than in previous years. Japan, for instance has been recording an unusually ...

Nearly all adults carry Epstein–Barr virus—but new research reveals how it can hijack immune cells, sparking a chronic disease that attacks the body from within. This colorized transmission electron ...

AI can now invent working biological viruses. In real world experiments, a team of Stanford researchers demonstrated that a virus with AI-written DNA could target and kill specific bacteria, they ...

A team of researchers from Stanford University and the Arc Institute in Palo Alto, California say they’ve created viruses with AI-designed DNA that can target and kill specific bacteria. And these ...

The CDC's travel warning centers on the area of Guangdong Province, China. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel warning following an outbreak of a mosquito-borne ...