Spyware can infect your phone or computer via the ads you see online—report
When you see an ad on a web page, behind the scenes an ad network has just automatically conducted an auction to decide which advertiser won the right to present their…
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How eavesdropping viruses battle it out to infect us
Viruses, like movie villains, operate in one of two ways: chill or kill.
They can lay low, quietly infiltrating the body's defenses, or go on the attack, exploding out of hiding and firing in all directions. Viral attacks are almost always…
Pathogenic bacteria use a sugar in the intestinal mucus layer to infect the gut, study shows
A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and BC Children's Hospital shows the sugar sialic acid, which makes up part of the protective intestinal mucus layer, fuels disease-causing bacteria in the gut.
The…
Newly discovered COVID-like virus could infect humans, resist vaccines
A recently discovered virus in a Russian bat that is similar to SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19, is likely capable of infecting humans and, if it were to spillover, is resistant to current vaccines.
A team lead by researchers in…
This fungus shrinks in size to better infect the brain: Finding could spur new strategies to prevent…
A fungus that is a common cause of fungal meningitis undergoes a remarkable transformation once it enters the body, allowing it to infect the brain, according to new research by scientists at University of Utah Health. Studies in mice show…
SARS-related coronaviruses infect around 66,000 people a year in SE Asia: Study
Shanghai, August 10
About 66,000 people in Southeast Asia are infected each year with SARS-related coronaviruses, and nearly 500 million people live near habitats where bat hosts of those…
SARS-CoV-2 hijacks nanotubes between neurons to infect them, study finds
COVID-19 often leads to neurological symptoms, such as a loss of taste or smell, or cognitive impairments (including memory loss and concentration difficulties), both during the acute phase of the disease and over the long term with "long…
COVID-19 can directly infect and damage human kidney cells
The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, can directly infect a specialized type of kidney cell. The discovery helps explain why acute kidney injury is one of the main complications observed in patients with severe COVID-19, according to…
Covid outbreaks in New York and D.C. infect senior officials as omicron BA.2 variant sweeps the U.S.
A man is given a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at pop-up testing site in New York, April 11, 2022.Brendan McDermid | ReutersCovid infections are rising again in the U.S. with outbreaks in New York City and Washington, D.C. resulting…
xenomorph: Here’s how this ‘Alien’ may infect your smartphone – Times of India
If you are a fan of science fiction horror, chances are you've seen at least one of the films in the Alien franchise that began with Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979). Remember the titular Alien in the film? The Xenomorph, the dreaded beast from…