A virus that isn’t COVID or the flu is pummeling Northern California
Human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, typically spreads during winter and spring…
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A Bat Virus Could Someday Spill Over to Humans, Tipping Off a New Pandemic
Learn why scientists are closely watching HKU5, a type of coronavirus that only needs a small mutation to be able to transfer from bats to humans…
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Oropouche virus is spreading. Here’s what we know.
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. There have been plenty of reports of potentially concerning viruses this last year. Covid is still causing thousands of deaths…
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