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Seal Finger: What Is This Horrible Infection That Makes Your Hand Swell Like A Balloon?person touches a seals head, risky business if you don't want seal finger

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Seal Finger: What Is This Horrible Infection That Makes Your Hand Swell Like A Balloon?person touches a seals head, risky business if you don't want seal finger
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Seal Finger: What Is This Horrible Infection That Makes Your Hand Swell Like A Balloon?

clock-iconDecember 5, 2025

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Why Does My Belly Button Smell?A woman's navel, belly button

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Why Does My Belly Button Smell?A woman's navel, belly button
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Why Does My Belly Button Smell?

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Can You Identify The “Triangle Of Death”?close up of a nose and mouth with a candle or match flame being held just below the chin

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Can You Identify The “Triangle Of Death”?close up of a nose and mouth with a candle or match flame being held just below the chin
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Can You Identify The “Triangle Of Death”?

clock-iconSeptember 30, 2025
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For The First Time, Common Hospital “Superbug” Found To Break Down Medical PlasticsA digital photo showing close up of a culture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa grown on gel, superimposed over a hospital bed being pushed down a corridor. The bacteria has formed a large round red blob on the dish that looks like an eye.

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For The First Time, Common Hospital “Superbug” Found To Break Down Medical PlasticsA digital photo showing close up of a culture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa grown on gel, superimposed over a hospital bed being pushed down a corridor. The bacteria has formed a large round red blob on the dish that looks like an eye.
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For The First Time, Common Hospital “Superbug” Found To Break Down Medical Plastics

clock-iconMay 14, 2025
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Bat Virus Evolution Suggests COVID-19 Virus Emerged Naturally, Spreading To Humans Through Wildlife TradeThe photo has three images in one. The main image is of multiple horseshoe bats handing from a cave ceiling. In the bottom left and side of the image is a box showing a scanned image of the COVID-19 virus while in the far right is a box showing a palm civet in a tree looking at the camera.

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Bat Virus Evolution Suggests COVID-19 Virus Emerged Naturally, Spreading To Humans Through Wildlife TradeThe photo has three images in one. The main image is of multiple horseshoe bats handing from a cave ceiling. In the bottom left and side of the image is a box showing a scanned image of the COVID-19 virus while in the far right is a box showing a palm civet in a tree looking at the camera.
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Bat Virus Evolution Suggests COVID-19 Virus Emerged Naturally, Spreading To Humans Through Wildlife Trade

clock-iconMay 9, 2025
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What Is SSPE? The Devastating Complication Of Measles That Hits Years Down The Road3D illustration of a blue brain on a black background with a large section of red to indicate inflammation.

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What Is SSPE? The Devastating Complication Of Measles That Hits Years Down The Road3D illustration of a blue brain on a black background with a large section of red to indicate inflammation.
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What Is SSPE? The Devastating Complication Of Measles That Hits Years Down The Road

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Rampant Herpes Virus Could Reach The Brain Via The Nose, Sparking Behavior Changes3D illustration of herpes simplex virus particles

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Rampant Herpes Virus Could Reach The Brain Via The Nose, Sparking Behavior Changes3D illustration of herpes simplex virus particles
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Rampant Herpes Virus Could Reach The Brain Via The Nose, Sparking Behavior Changes

clock-iconMarch 17, 2025
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Bird Flu Kills 20 Big Cats At Sanctuary In Washington StateA photo of a bobcat standing on a snow covered rock on the side of an elevation. The cat is looking towards the camera and is on profile, its body facing to the left. In the background some trees are visible but blurred.

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Bird Flu Kills 20 Big Cats At Sanctuary In Washington StateA photo of a bobcat standing on a snow covered rock on the side of an elevation. The cat is looking towards the camera and is on profile, its body facing to the left. In the background some trees are visible but blurred.
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Bird Flu Kills 20 Big Cats At Sanctuary In Washington State

clock-iconDecember 27, 2024
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Watch First-Of-Its-Kind Footage Of “Giant” Virus Infecting Cellscreenshot from a video of mimiviruses infecting acanthamoeba

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Watch First-Of-Its-Kind Footage Of “Giant” Virus Infecting Cellscreenshot from a video of mimiviruses infecting acanthamoeba
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Watch First-Of-Its-Kind Footage Of “Giant” Virus Infecting Cell

clock-iconNovember 21, 2024
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Why We Lose Our Voice, And How To Get It BackA close-up of a human throat.

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Why We Lose Our Voice, And How To Get It BackA close-up of a human throat.
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Why We Lose Our Voice, And How To Get It Back

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There's A Shocking Alternative To Antibiotics For Wound InfectionsIllustration of a blue bacterium being shocked by red sparks

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There's A Shocking Alternative To Antibiotics For Wound InfectionsIllustration of a blue bacterium being shocked by red sparks
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There's A Shocking Alternative To Antibiotics For Wound Infections

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Man’s COVID Infection Lasted Nearly 2 Years, Long Enough To Evolve A New Variant3D print of a spike protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19. Spike proteins cover the surface of SARS-CoV-2 and enable the virus to enter and infect human cells.

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Man’s COVID Infection Lasted Nearly 2 Years, Long Enough To Evolve A New Variant3D print of a spike protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19. Spike proteins cover the surface of SARS-CoV-2 and enable the virus to enter and infect human cells.
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Man’s COVID Infection Lasted Nearly 2 Years, Long Enough To Evolve A New Variant

clock-iconApril 19, 2024
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The Next Pandemic May Come Sooner Than You Expect. So What Will It Look Like?Two people in white protective suits and masks standing over a person in a hospital bed with tubes in their nose, the glass door has quarantine warning signs on it

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The Next Pandemic May Come Sooner Than You Expect. So What Will It Look Like?Two people in white protective suits and masks standing over a person in a hospital bed with tubes in their nose, the glass door has quarantine warning signs on it
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The Next Pandemic May Come Sooner Than You Expect. So What Will It Look Like?

clock-iconMarch 29, 2024
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Up To 3 In Every 100 COVID Infections Could Last More Than A Monthwoman sneezing on sofa wrapped in a blanket and surrounded by tissues

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Up To 3 In Every 100 COVID Infections Could Last More Than A Monthwoman sneezing on sofa wrapped in a blanket and surrounded by tissues
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Up To 3 In Every 100 COVID Infections Could Last More Than A Month

clock-iconFebruary 21, 2024
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What Happens When You Catch Multiple Viruses At Once?Different types of virus illustration

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What Happens When You Catch Multiple Viruses At Once?Different types of virus illustration
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What Happens When You Catch Multiple Viruses At Once?

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