Category Virus Awareness

Out Of Control Deadly Viruses Are Wiping Out Spanish Amphibians

Killer viruses have slinked into the pristine “Peaks of Europe” in Spain, and recent outbreaks have caused mass mortalities in half a dozen amphibian species. Their gruesome symptoms include vomiting blood, systemic hemorrhaging, open sores, and the death of limb…

30,000-Year-Old Giant Virus ‘Comes Back To Life’ An ancient virus has “come back to life” after lying dormant for at least 30,000 years, scientists say. It was found frozen in a deep layer of the Siberian permafrost, but after it…

China Reports New Human H7N9 Case A human case of H7N9 was reported in east China’s Zhejiang Province on Sunday, the provincial health and family planning commission said in a statement.   The patient is a 34-year-old woman surnamed Cai,…