An employee of a scientific center in Ukraine stole a dangerous virus and was going to sell it

In Ukraine, the former head of the sector of the State Scientific and Control Institute of Biotechnology and Microorganism Strains stole a dangerous strain of avian virus from a scientific institution. The woman kept it in a regular refrigerator at home and then planned to sell it. Novoye Vremya writes about this. During the investigation, it was ...

Nearly 100 restaurant diners in Illinois contract norovirus

Arby's restaurant closed for the second time in less than a month due to a foodborne disease outbreak among its customers. Health officials say the disease is caused by norovirus, which is notoriously difficult to eradicate. Writes about this Food Safety News. More than 90 people ...

Symptoms as with COVID-19: in Colorado, a woman was diagnosed with a rare deadly virus

The woman assumed that she had COVID-19, since the symptoms were similar. But after visiting the hospital, she learned that she had an extremely rare and often fatal disease, hantavirus. MyFox8 spoke about this in more detail. Sue Ryan considers herself lucky...

Florida resident tested with West Nile virus

In the blood of a Florida resident, antibodies to the West Nile virus were found. Officials are concerned that other residents of the region may become infected. This was reported on the website of the WPTV channel. A resident of Palm Beach County, Florida has contracted the West Nile virus. About…

Russian hackers attack remotely employed employees of companies in the USA

A Russian hacker group carries out ransomware attacks on American companies using vulnerabilities in the systems of their employees working from home. Writes about this BBC. Evil Corp hackers tried to gain access to at least 31 networks of organizations in order to damage systems and demand ...

Russian-speaking biologist in the USA spoke about the most dangerous places during the epidemic

Molecular biologist, professor at the GMU School of Systems Biology Ancha Baranova in an interview with the Voice of America spoke about important precautions in a big city, why Russia is following the American pandemic scenario, as well as about coronavirus strokes and the protocol for recovering from illness. Biologist…

Rabies, influenza and smallpox: 12 of the deadliest viruses on Earth

People have been fighting viruses since ancient times. Often, vaccines and antiviral drugs prevented widespread infections and helped patients recover. And only one disease - smallpox - we were able to eradicate, ridding the world of new cases. He writes about this...

It's all about genes: scientists have found out why men are more often sick and die from COVID-19

Statistics around the world give an unambiguous picture: the majority of deaths from COVID-19 are men. According to experts, the matter is in genetics, writes Voice of America. On average, there are four women and six men for every ten coronavirus deaths. However, if you look at the age ...

Two cats in New York became the first pet in the world to get COVID-19

Tests of two domestic cats in the US state of New York have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, Interfax writes. Officials from the Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the cats tested had mild respiratory symptoms. It is assumed that the animals have contracted the virus ...

Fox News: 'null patient' with COVID-19 gets infected in Wuhan virology laboratory

Fox News sources claim that the first infected person contracted the 2019-nCoV virus not at all in the meat market in Wuhan, according to the Chinese authorities. Fox News has information that the spread of the deadly 2019-nCoV virus originated from a virus laboratory in Wuhan. ...

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