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11-Year-Old Kid Died Of Rabies After A Bat Landed On His Face – But There Was No Sign Of A Bite Or Scratchlarge bat hanging from a branch

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11-Year-Old Kid Died Of Rabies After A Bat Landed On His Face – But There Was No Sign Of A Bite Or Scratchlarge bat hanging from a branch
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11-Year-Old Kid Died Of Rabies After A Bat Landed On His Face – But There Was No Sign Of A Bite Or Scratch

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Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak Exceeds 1,000 Cases, With First Case Outside Africa And 70% Chance Of Spread To A New CountryString-like Ebola virus peeling off an infected cell

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Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak Exceeds 1,000 Cases, With First Case Outside Africa And 70% Chance Of Spread To A New CountryString-like Ebola virus peeling off an infected cell
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Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak Exceeds 1,000 Cases, With First Case Outside Africa And 70% Chance Of Spread To A New Country

clock-iconJune 26, 2026

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Amazonian Monkeys Are Contracting Human Hepatitis B And Deforestation Is Making The Situation WorseA photo showing a howler monkey perched on a Y-shaped branch. They monkey has dark brown, almost black, fur and its tail is looking around the thickest part of the tree. It has its mouth open as it calls.

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Amazonian Monkeys Are Contracting Human Hepatitis B And Deforestation Is Making The Situation WorseA photo showing a howler monkey perched on a Y-shaped branch. They monkey has dark brown, almost black, fur and its tail is looking around the thickest part of the tree. It has its mouth open as it calls.
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Amazonian Monkeys Are Contracting Human Hepatitis B And Deforestation Is Making The Situation Worse

clock-iconJune 12, 2026
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Ebola Vaccines: Where Are We, As Bundibugyo Virus Outbreak Heads Towards 1,000 Suspected Cases?A scanning electron micrograph of a single filamentous Ebola virus particle (colorized yellow and orange) in the foreground, and a second scanning electron micrograph of filamentous Ebola virus particles (red) budding from a chronically infected VERO E6 cells in the background.

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Ebola Vaccines: Where Are We, As Bundibugyo Virus Outbreak Heads Towards 1,000 Suspected Cases?A scanning electron micrograph of a single filamentous Ebola virus particle (colorized yellow and orange) in the foreground, and a second scanning electron micrograph of filamentous Ebola virus particles (red) budding from a chronically infected VERO E6 cells in the background.
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Ebola Vaccines: Where Are We, As Bundibugyo Virus Outbreak Heads Towards 1,000 Suspected Cases?

clock-iconMay 26, 2026

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Bundibugyo Ebola Situation Is Unusual And Of “International Concern”, Says WHO – But It’s Not A PandemicScanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus budding from the surface of a Vero cell (African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line)

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Bundibugyo Ebola Situation Is Unusual And Of “International Concern”, Says WHO – But It’s Not A PandemicScanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus budding from the surface of a Vero cell (African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line)
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Bundibugyo Ebola Situation Is Unusual And Of “International Concern”, Says WHO – But It’s Not A Pandemic

clock-iconMay 18, 2026

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What Is Lujo Virus And Why Is It So Deadly?3D illustration of ovoid arenavirus particles with surface proteins sticking out all over them

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What Is Lujo Virus And Why Is It So Deadly?3D illustration of ovoid arenavirus particles with surface proteins sticking out all over them
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What Is Lujo Virus And Why Is It So Deadly?

clock-iconApril 21, 2026

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Mystery Illness Hits Burundi With 35 Cases And 5 Deaths So Far As Authorities Rule Out Ebola And Yellow Fevermap of Africa with a small paper Burundi flag pinned where Burundi is located

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Mystery Illness Hits Burundi With 35 Cases And 5 Deaths So Far As Authorities Rule Out Ebola And Yellow Fevermap of Africa with a small paper Burundi flag pinned where Burundi is located
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Mystery Illness Hits Burundi With 35 Cases And 5 Deaths So Far As Authorities Rule Out Ebola And Yellow Fever

clock-iconApril 13, 2026

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How Concerned Should We Be About Borna Disease Virus 1?small shrew on a sunny day, standing on some straw and grass

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How Concerned Should We Be About Borna Disease Virus 1?small shrew on a sunny day, standing on some straw and grass
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How Concerned Should We Be About Borna Disease Virus 1?

clock-iconApril 13, 2026

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These Are The 3 Viruses To Watch In 2026, Disease Expert SaysAn illustration in the style of crepe paper showing human heads and virus particles.

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These Are The 3 Viruses To Watch In 2026, Disease Expert SaysAn illustration in the style of crepe paper showing human heads and virus particles.
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These Are The 3 Viruses To Watch In 2026, Disease Expert Says

clock-iconFebruary 4, 2026
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South Carolina Measles Outbreak Hits 789 Cases – The Worst In Over 25 Years, Beating Last Year’s Record3D illustration of measles virus particles

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South Carolina Measles Outbreak Hits 789 Cases – The Worst In Over 25 Years, Beating Last Year’s Record3D illustration of measles virus particles
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South Carolina Measles Outbreak Hits 789 Cases – The Worst In Over 25 Years, Beating Last Year’s Record

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Major Revamp Of US Childhood Vaccine Schedule Under RFK Jr.’s Leadership: Here’s What To Knowrow of many syringes with the needles facing up on a black background, each one filled with brightly coloured liquid

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Major Revamp Of US Childhood Vaccine Schedule Under RFK Jr.’s Leadership: Here’s What To Knowrow of many syringes with the needles facing up on a black background, each one filled with brightly coloured liquid
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Major Revamp Of US Childhood Vaccine Schedule Under RFK Jr.’s Leadership: Here’s What To Know

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Strep Throat Or Sore Throat: What’s The Difference?young woman with a sore throat, holding her neck with one hand

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Strep Throat Or Sore Throat: What’s The Difference?young woman with a sore throat, holding her neck with one hand
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Strep Throat Or Sore Throat: What’s The Difference?

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Hib: The Deadliest Disease You Might Never Have Heard Of (Because Vaccines Are Awesome)3D representation of haemophilus influenzae bacteria

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Hib: The Deadliest Disease You Might Never Have Heard Of (Because Vaccines Are Awesome)3D representation of haemophilus influenzae bacteria
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Hib: The Deadliest Disease You Might Never Have Heard Of (Because Vaccines Are Awesome)

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Plague Confirmed In Lake Tahoe Area For First Time In 5 Years, California Officials SayYersinia pestis

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Plague Confirmed In Lake Tahoe Area For First Time In 5 Years, California Officials SayYersinia pestis
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Plague Confirmed In Lake Tahoe Area For First Time In 5 Years, California Officials Say

clock-iconAugust 21, 2025

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Ancient Human DNA Reveals Earliest Zoonotic Diseases Appeared 6,500 Years AgoA photo showing numerous human skulls walled together with hundreds of bones. The bones are all leg bones, stacked on top of one another with their ends facing the camera.

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Ancient Human DNA Reveals Earliest Zoonotic Diseases Appeared 6,500 Years AgoA photo showing numerous human skulls walled together with hundreds of bones. The bones are all leg bones, stacked on top of one another with their ends facing the camera.
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Ancient Human DNA Reveals Earliest Zoonotic Diseases Appeared 6,500 Years Ago

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