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The Oropouche virus, which some media outlets are calling a "sloth virus," has been seen in European travelers returning home from the Americas. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

It’s called the Camp Virus, and it’s never been in North America, ever, until now. It’s part of the lethal Henipaviruses and was just discovered in the United States. According to the Live Science ...

Scientists have uncovered a never-before-seen class of virus-like entities hiding in the human gut and mouth, and these "viroids" may influence the gene activity within the human microbiome, Science ...

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