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As the deadly coronavirus is spreading across the entire globe, people are clamoring to protect themselves triggering shortages of face masks worldwide.

Chinese Outbreak Fear Spurs Worldwide Face Mask Shortage

By Victor Tangermann

The CDC announced Friday that a second case of 2019-nCoV, also known as coronavirus, currently wreaking havoc in China was discovered in the US.

CDC Confirms Second Chinese Virus Case in the US

By Victor Tangermann

The city of Wuhan, China, wants to build an entire 1,000 bed hospital on a 25,000 square meter plot in just six days to treat coronavirus epidemic patients.

China Is Building a 1,000-Bed Hospital Specifically to Treat Mystery Epidemic

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers discovered 28 never-before-seen ancient viruses in 15,000-year-old ice sourced from a Tibetan glacier.

Scientists Discover Ancient Viruses Inside Glacier

By Kristin Houser

The mysterious Chinese pneumonia-like coronavirus that originated from Wuhan, China, has officially reached the US, with one confirmed case in Washington.

Mysterious, Deadly Chinese Virus Officially Reaches the US

By Dan Robitzski

In an attempt to limit the spread of the pneumonia-like virus 2019-nCoV, the government in China is screening passengers on departing flights.

In China, Hazmat Teams Are Searching Flights For Deadly Outbreak

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese officials confirmed that the pneumonia-like virus that first emerged at a Wuhan seafood market can be transmitted from person-to-person.

Chinese Virus Is Spreading Between Humans, Prompting Outbreak Fears

By Dan Robitzski

The mysterious pneumonia-like virus that hit China last month has now spread to Japan and Thailand. Experts still aren't sure how.

China’s Mysterious Virus Spreads to Japan and Thailand

By Dan Robitzski

Last month in China, dozens of people in the city of Wuhan fell ill with a new disease, a strain of the pneumonia virus, and officials worry it may spread.

A Strange Disease Is Sweeping China

By Dan Robitzski

Watch the First Video of a Virus Growing in Real-Time

Watch the First Video of a Virus Growing in Real-Time

By Victor Tangermann

Biologists Engineered An Assassin Virus to Kill Bacteria on Command

Biologists Engineered An Assassin Virus to Kill Bacteria on Command

By Kristin Houser

Using a virus to manufacture computer components could introduce a new type of memory that doesn't cause as many delays as current systems.

MIT Scientists Used a Biological Virus to Make Faster Computers

By Dan Robitzski

No, Seriously, We May Finally Have a Drug to Beat the Common Cold

Health & Medicine

No, Seriously, We May Finally Have a Drug to Beat the Common Cold

By Kristin Houser

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Health & Medicine

Some People Get Medals at the Olympics. Others Get Violently Ill.

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RX and Medicine

Universal Vaccines Are the Future of Medicine

Nanoscopic Hyperlensing Made of Natural Crystal Allows Us to See Viruses on the Surface of Cells

Science & Energy

Nanoscopic Hyperlensing Made of Natural Crystal Allows Us to See Viruses on the Surface of Cells

By Patrick Caughill

US Looking for 75 Human Volunteers for Zika Vaccine Trials

Science & Energy

US Looking for 75 Human Volunteers for Zika Vaccine Trials

By Eleazer Corpuz

A Newly Discovered “Bizarre” Virus is Breaking the Rules of Infection

Science & Energy

A Newly Discovered “Bizarre” Virus is Breaking the Rules of Infection

By Science Alert

Scientists Successfully Repair Liver Damage Using A Modified Virus

Scientists Successfully Repair Liver Damage Using A Modified Virus

By Adeel Shaffi

IBM Is Working on a Molecule That Could Eradicate Viruses

IBM Is Working on a Molecule That Could Eradicate Viruses

By Science Alert

This New Drug Could Combat the Ebola Virus in a Unique Way

This New Drug Could Combat the Ebola Virus in a Unique Way

By Sarah Marquart

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Science & Energy

HIV is No Longer a Terminal Illness. Here’s How We got Here.

By Jolene Creighton