The Eurasian wigeon, for instance, a common duck species that has been studied extensively, wasn't sickened by the 2014 H5N8 strain and severa

The point was to search for active pathogens.

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Scientists in the UK have found that some viruses have evolved to cause less-severe diseases in women than in men.

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Women sometimes complain that when the men in their lives get the flu, they get to stay in bed, whimper about their symptoms and have someone take

Are they or are they not life forms? Note that the article on giant viruses, abstracted below, is public access.

While this difference in mortality rates between the sexes is often put down to a stronger immune system in women, the study suggests mutations in

Men, who have long been maligned for their self-indulgence of symptoms for sympathy when undergoing a bout of ill health, can feel some relief that

In the past few years’ resistance to drugs is observed among viruses with increasing diversity of viruses.

bbci.co.uk schreibt dazu: Viruses can evolve to become more aggressive in men than in women, at least in theory .

While malaria is spread by the anopheles mosquito that can breed in dirty water, dengue and chikungunya viruses are spread by Aedes aegypti mosquit

This is where genetics can help, since single-strand RNA viruses like Zika tend to change rapidly over time and, with bioinformatics, researchers c

Historically men have been mocked for their inability to handle even mild viruses, with the term ‘man flu’ often used to describe the male experien

This reduced state of health can make it easier for viruses and infections to penetrate the immune system.

A study released today in Nature Communications has found that pathogens may adapt over time to have a less severe effect on women than men, in ord

Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters The reason Zika has devastating consequences on unborn children could have a lot to do with the viruses' ability to k

One by one, the viruses have slipped from their hiding places in nature to threaten global populations — SARS, MERS, Zika.

The flu vaccine is 1 of 2 shots recommended for adults, with the other being a tetanus booster every 10 years.

The flu is a very contagious respiratory illness that spreads easily and is caused by viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs.

Viruses are antonyms for life and even death. Scientifically speaking, they are neither dead nor alive, they may function or may not at all.

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The estimated economic impact of non–influenza-related upper respiratory infections is $40 billion annually.