Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...

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Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been considered ...

Credit: Nicole Piepgras via Shutterstock. The UK’s Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has announced that His Majesty’s Prison (HMP) Highpoint Prison in Suffolk is set to become the country’s largest prison ...

You can check out at any time. More info Sunday's Antrim-Laois Allianz Hurling League will go ahead as planned despite a virus sweeping through the Saffrons’ camp. Around a dozen Antrim players ...

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HMP Liverpool's governor avoided the question when asked if he had the confidence of his staff amid a worrying rise in attacks on prison staff. Rob Luxford, who has been governor since 2021 ...

A Chinese team of virologists has found that this virus carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the new virus called HKU5-CoV-2 was ...

Extensive coronavirus research has led to the discovery of a new bat virus called HKU5-CoV-2. According to a new study published in the medical journal Cell, the new virus can enter human cells using ...

Can the new bat virus, HKU5-CoV-2, lead to another pandemic? According to Chinese researchers, the new coronavirus potentially transmits from animals to humans, and has reignited concerns about the ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. An inquest has been opened into the death of a prisoner who was serving a custodial sentence at HMP Peterborough. Darren Stapleton, 57, had ...

In the early, uncertain days of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists delivered one comforting pronouncement: The virus that caused COVID mutates rather slowly. If that remained true, the virus ...