The X-Men are Marvel’s civil rights allegory, and at some point in the early ’90s, Marvel editorial decided to throw ...

New research shows how small shifts in the molecular makeup of a virus can profoundly alter its fate. These shifts could turn a deadly pathogen into a harmless bug or supercharge a relatively benign ...

Testing by CDC revealed the virus may have mutated in the Texas patient to better spread in mammals Experts are also warning over infections detected in three pet cats which died from the disease ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Mutation has become a sort of genetic boogeyman. It's a common trope in horror. In people, mutations cause disfigurement, aggression, even ...

A new H5N1 bird flu mutation has appeared in a cluster of infected dairy cows. It's a genetic change that scientists say ...

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Experts have sounded the alarm over a mutation of the mpox virus that is said to be 'highly transmissible'. The dangerous new strain has been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where ...

WE must act now to stop a bird flu pandemic and "save lives," experts warn. The H5N1 strain has already spread from birds to mammals, like cows - a pathway which led it to jump to farm workers.

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the virus continues to spread around the globe as the virus continues to evolve. Scientists say that's likely to continue indefinitely, as the virus ...