A new virus is raising alarm in America’s Alabama. The Camp Hill virus, a close relative of the henipavirus family, has been found in northern short-tailed shrews (Blarina brevicauda) and there is ...

At least 37 giant live beetles measuring 4 to 5 inches have been found concealed inside of multiple packages of Japanese ...

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A new virus that is related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in shrews in the U.S. However, ...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people ...

N ow that bird flu has been detected in animals in all 50 states, and nearly 70 cases have been confirmed in people, health ...

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The source of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, remains elusive. With "low confidence," some federal agencies ...