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Face masks, hand sanitizer, and quarantine reduced chimpanzee respiratory illness by up to 95%, proving that basic protocols ...

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A study published 30 years ago is striking up new conversation about the potential connection between the common cold sore ...

Researchers at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge, have presented new research on how some people with HIV can control the ...

"These viruses are so closely related to MERS, so we have to be concerned if they ever infect humans," said virologist Michael Letko.

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The World Health Organization is monitoring a new mutation of the virus that’s already caused a surge in Asia.