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WHO Rejects Allegations That Swine Flu Escaped From a Lab

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COVID-19 new variant

What is razor blade throat? Learn more about the symptoms of NB.1.8.1, the new COVID variant. 

COVID Variant NB.1.8.1 May Cause Razor Blade Throat, But It's Not as Severe as Past Variants

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Mummy in a Casket

Associated with the infamous King Tut's curse, a deadly spore may now be turned into a potent leukemia treatment.

Deadly Fungus That Haunted Ancient Tombs May Now Help Fight Against Cancer

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Microbiota in the gut

Researchers predicted mortality rates in ICU patients with 84 percent accuracy.

Poop Could Possibly Predict If an Ill Patient Is Likely to Die Within 30 Days

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airborne spores

Learn more about a new study that suggests monitoring the air for certain environmental exposures may help forecast respiratory viruses outbreaks.

Can The Air We Breathe Predict The Next COVID-19 Surge?

Technician looking at urine sample

A key chemical in urine can help make a high-value mineral for use in medicine, construction, and more — cheaply and efficiently.

Repurposing Urine Into a Valuable Biomaterial Could Benefit Dental Implants, and Construction

Starving bacteria (cyan) use a microscopic harpoon—called the Type VI secretion system—to stab and kill neighboring cells (magenta). The prey burst, turning spherical and leaking nutrients, which the killers then use to survive and grow. (Image Credit: Glen D'Souza/ASU/Screen shot from video)

Starving Bacteria Use Type VI Secretion System

Learn how some species of bacteria interact with their neighbors when they’re starving, spearing them with needles that spill their absorbable nutrients.

Hungry Bacteria Hunt Their Neighbors With Tiny, Poison-Tipped Harpoons 

WHO Rejects Allegations That Swine Flu Escaped From a Lab

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