A wave of epigenetic therapies is offering hope as ways to cure chronic hepatitis B — a lingering liver infection that is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and affects more than 250 million people around the world. Currently available drugs often fail to eradicate the virus from the body. Gene-editing therapies — which
Updated August 23, 2026 — 1:15pm,first published 12:03pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA A long-nosed fur seal has been announced as the first confirmed death of a mammal by the deadly bird flu virus that is now spreading through Australia,
Study design and participant recruitment IMPACC is a prospective longitudinal study that enrolled >1,000 hospitalized patients with COVID-19, as previously described27,32,55,56,57,58. Participants 18 years and older were recruited from 20 hospitals across 15 academic institutes within the USA (Fig. 1a). All participants were confirmed to be SARS-CoV-2-positive by reverse transcription PCR (RT–PCR) testing and no participants
The Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the second-worst on record, with the official death toll passing a grim milestone of 1,500. Experts believe the true number of fatalities during this outbreak, which was declared in May, is much higher. And in another alarming update, authorities in DR
The last patient treated for Ebola in Uganda has been discharged from hospital, leaving the country with no confirmed active cases of the deadly disease. At a memorial ceremony, Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi described it as “a moment of joy.” The first case of this outbreak of the Bundibugyo species of the virus in Uganda
The Epstein-Barr virus activates specific T cells in the immune system, causing an attack on nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Scientific Photo Library For years, a common virus has been implicated in the development of multiple sclerosis, a disease in which the body’s immune system attacks nerve cells in the brain
