Virus articles

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  New technique could identify deadly superbugs within minutes

  By Amar Toor on May 8, 2013 09:30 am + 3 comments

  Researchers in the US have developed a technique that could prove critical in the fight against Continue reading…

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  H7N9: outbreak of a mysterious new strain of bird flu

  By Carl Franzen on April 24, 2013 11:56 am

  In late March 2013, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first three Continue reading…

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  New strain of avian flu in China is deadlier to humans than birds, researchers report

  By Carl Franzen on April 18, 2013 04:50 pm + 19 comments

  Researchers in Japan and the US have analyzed the genes of a new strain of avian (bird) flu that's k Continue reading…

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  Bird flu victims report no contact with poultry as virus continues to spread

  By Chris Welch on April 17, 2013 01:22 pm + 13 comments

  In a worrying development, the World Health Organization is reporting that a new strain of bird flu Continue reading…

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  Killer cure: why is the US creating new viruses and stockpiling the vaccines?

  By Carl Franzen on April 17, 2013 10:57 am + 43 comments

  Is the US government prepared to respond to a major biological weapons attack or lethal Continue reading…

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  The spy within: researchers, hackers spar over state-sponsored malware

  By Quinn Norton on March 12, 2013 05:55 pm + 18 comments

  Above: Claudio Guarnieri of IT security firm Rapid7 Italy's Hacking Team is like most any software Continue reading…

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  Apple's Phil Schiller pokes fun at Android security on Twitter

  By Chris Welch on March 7, 2013 01:22 pm + 317 comments

  Apple's Phil Schiller has been known to fire salvos at the competition using Twitter, and today he's Continue reading…

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  Newly discovered Stuxnet variant sheds light on the virus' development

  By Adi Robertson on February 26, 2013 03:15 pm + 25 comments

  Symantec says it has discovered a previously unknown variant of the Stuxnet worm used to target Continue reading…

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  US bird flu research to resume under new restrictions

  By Carl Franzen on February 24, 2013 06:47 pm + 31 comments

  Back in January 2012, the US government announced it was joining with scientists around the world Continue reading…

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  Scientists restart bird flu research after self-imposed halt

  By Sam Byford on January 23, 2013 10:09 pm + 7 comments

  Research into mammalian strains of avian influenza, also commonly known as H5N1, ceased a year ago Continue reading…