A strange wave of feline illness has crashed over veterinary clinics from Nicosia to London, and the culprit isn’t the usual suspect. Scientists have traced a fast-moving cat coronavirus that appears to have borrowed critical genes from a virulent dog virus – an evolutionary shortcut that may explain its speed and severity. The outbreak’s footprint ...
People thought that leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, came to the Americas with European colonizers hundreds of years ago. But a new study that is changing the way we think about this has come out. Researchers looking at 4,000-year-old skeletons from Chile have found genetic proof of Mycobacterium lepromatosis, a rare and severe form ...
An HIV diagnosis was thought of as a death sentence for decades. Millions of people living with the virus lead long, healthy lives today thanks to revolutionary medical advances. One still unresolved issue is whether HIV/AIDS can ever be totally cured. The response is more hopeful and complicated than you would think. Although ART can ...
