Maryland reports 2 more measles tied to Baltimore-area residents
Maryland health officials confirmed two more cases of measles in the state, bringing the total infections this year…
Northern Nevada Public Health confirms two recent Mpox cases | Local News
Northern Nevada Public Health is reporting two recent cases of mpox in Washoe County, the first cases reported…
Heart-nosed bat alphacoronaviruses use human CEACAM6 to enter cells
Ethics statement The use of human sera for this study was approved by the Scientific and Ethics Review…
Viruses allegedly stolen from high-security lab cause stir in Brazil
Researchers at the State University of Campinas, in Brazil, noticed in February that virus samples had gone missing…
Plasmids promote antimicrobial resistance through insertion sequence-mediated gene inactivation
Ho, C. S. et al. Antimicrobial resistance: a concise update. Lancet Microbe 6, 100947 (2025). Article PubMed Google…
what we do and don’t know
We are 23 of the 27 original members of the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel…
Large-scale analysis of bacterial genomes reveals thousands of lytic phages
Identification of lytic phages in bacterial assemblies To identify complete lytic bacteriophage genome sequences within bacterial genome assemblies…
Nevada Health Centers and Javara seeking participants for clinical trial | Local News
Nevada Health Centers, a federal Qualified Community Health Center (QCHC), and Javara, a research organization, continue to bring…
Could a Common Virus Help Drive Parkinson’s?
Summary: New research suggests a previously harmless virus may be linked to Parkinson’s disease. Scientists detected Human Pegivirus…
Functional potential and applications of Ureibacillus massiliensis based on whole-genome sequencing analysis | BMC Microbiology
Overview of the U. massiliensis genome In this study, we performed whole-genome sequencing and de novo assembly of…