This is the first time we’ve had access to an influenza genome from the 1918–1920 pandemic in Switzerland. It opens up new insights into the dynamics of how the virus adapt ...

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A deadly tick-borne illness, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), continues to claim lives with no specific ...

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Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) was reported in Asia, with a fatality rate that can reach as high as 50%.

An announcement from Cocrystal Pharma ( ($COCP) ) is now available. Cocrystal Pharma announced on July 10, 2025, that its broad-spectrum protease ...

Avian influenza virus from the ongoing outbreak in dairy cattle appears to be keeping its bird-infecting features rather than ...

Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus.

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH’s Medical Collection to decode ...