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Fallout‘s Forced Evolutionary Virus, or FEV, is an artificial megavirus created by West-Tek’s NBC Division in the mid-2070s. It’s transmissible by injection, direct contact, or an aerosol solution.

A team of virologists, infectious disease specialists and pathobiologists affiliated with several institutions in China and the U.K. has found possible evidence that bird flu vaccinations are driving ...

A new study has shown that person-to-person variation in antibody immunity plays a key role in shaping which influenza (flu) strains dominate in a population. The work, published today as a Reviewed ...

Researchers have tracked how the COVID-19 virus mutates long term, revealing patterns that could help predict the emergence of future variants. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the world ...

A key step in the origin of many pandemics occurs when an animal-borne virus infects humans and then evolves to spread more efficiently from person to person. That is why scientists and physicians ...

H9N2 avian influenza virus (AIV) is endemic in poultry worldwide and increasingly zoonotic. Despite the long-term widespread use of inactivated vaccines, H9N2 AIVs remain dominant in chicken flocks.

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

Ibaraki virus (IBAV), a strain of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus serotype 2 (EHDV-2), remains poorly characterized genetically, particularly in South Korea. Here, we present a comprehensive ...