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Permafrost in Alaska

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A 48,500-year-old virus has been revived from Siberian permafrost

Seven viruses from the Siberian permafrost have been revived and replicated themselves in the lab – including the oldest revived so far

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Keven Esvelt

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Pandemic terrorism risk is being overlooked, warns leading geneticist

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The biotechnology firm Oxitec has released boxes throughout Brazil that contain genetically-modified male mosquitoes of the species Aedes aegypti

Environment

Genetically modified mosquitoes cut the insect's number by 96 per cent

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Red Cross workers place a coffin, containing someone who died of Ebola, into a grave on October 11 in Mubende, Uganda

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Uganda introduces its first Ebola lockdown while it waits for vaccines

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Large flock of brown hens in a chicken barn at a farm.

Environment

UK prepares for worst bird flu outbreak on record this winter

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Allowing the monkeypox virus to spread raises the risk it may mutate to become more transmissible

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Monkeypox: A dangerous variant circulating in the DRC could go global

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Medical workers disinfect beds at an Ebola treatment centre in Mubende, Uganda

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Uganda struggles to contain Ebola variant with no approved vaccine

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A face mask with virus sensor next to a laptop

Technology

Smart face mask could detect coronavirus on other people’s breath

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Packets of drugs in woman's hands

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Drugs that mutate viruses to kill them could make them more dangerous

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Shrews are thought to be the natural reservoir for a new pathogen called langya virus

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Langya virus: How serious is the new pathogen discovered in China?

Thirty five people are known to have been infected by Langya henipavirus in the Shandong and Henan provinces of China between December 2018 and May 2021

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Life

E. coli that is recoded to be virus resistant may aid drug production

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Mystery child hepatitis cases linked to previously 'harmless' virus

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Zika or dengue infections make you more appealing to mosquitoes

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Health

We may have misunderstood how norovirus and other gut viruses spread

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