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Bird flu has now spread to humans in a dozen states after public health officials confirmed an Ohio man had contracted the ...

Learn how analytical methodologies can be used to identify RSV pre- and post-fusion proteins for vaccine development.

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A virus originally found in animals, mpox -- which causes the disease of the same name -- is now circulating in humans. Since 2022, it has been the cause of major epidemics spreading outside endemic ...

The U.S. has seen earlier and more intense surges of the flu and RSV this year than is typical, pediatrician Dr. Ryan Fulton notes.