RIGA - The flu season is underway and swine flu infections are already on the rise. Many people are in the fight against both seasonal and the H1N1 virus. The weather is cold and rainy. It expedites the spread of viruses. Here are several effective ways to guard against the flu, without...
Respiratory viruses that cause thecommon cold, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), COVID-19 and flu peak at this time of year. Vaccines can help head off RSV, COVID and flu, but there's no vaccine to protect against the common cold. While Grandma's advice on prevention is still sound, ...
Perhaps the medical world can take the lessons learned in three decades of fighting “cyber viruses” and implement these in their fight to mitigate the Coronavirus? History Originally, the type of computer software described as “a program that can infect other programs by modifying them to ...
Article content Researchers around the world are now exploring the use of viruses to combat cancers. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to examine the licensing of one of them — a virus therapy for melanoma — later this year. ...
Another reason that vaccines can be tricky to produce is that some viruses mutate so quickly that traditional vaccines are ineffective. A prime example is HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). Despite these hurdles, there is currently a tremendous movement to develop a vaccine to fight HIV and AIDS...
Others have claimed the opposite is possible - that children's regular exposure to colds and viruses - as they interact with other infected youngsters - makes them better at fighting off SARS-CoV-2. Even more of a puzzle is why the vast majority of children show few or no ...
What's the difference between viruses and malware? It’s common to hear the terms “virus” and “malware” thrown around interchangeably, but they’re not quite the same thing. That conflation can be especially troublesome if you’re trying to figure out how to remove malware other than vir...
This review discusses various approaches, including protein- and RNA-mediated silencing suppression and viral escape of RNA silencing without suppression, to highlight how viruses could fight back to survive under the universal host surveillance.
these viruses conspire to make you feel lousy. Thwart the bugs’insidious game plan and you’ll not only get sick less often, but also bounce back faster. So have a look at the sad, sniveling life of a common virus, then take the necessary steps to squash it like the bug that it ...
We are constantly exposed to bacteria and viruses. Luckily our body has developed a set of mechanisms – the immune system – to fend off and fight such attacks. Viruses are small particles that cannot survive outside of a host cell. Upon entering the body they release their genetic material...