Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of ...

The XFG variant has now become predominant. Media outlets frequently label it the "Frankenstein variant" and report it triggers a so-called "razor blade throat" alongside standard COVID-19 symptoms.

The currently dominant COVID-19 variant in Germany has been referred to as the 'Frankenstein' variant. Here's why. View on ...

Health officials in New York confirmed a person tested positive for the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in what is the first locally acquired case in the United States since 2019. The transmission ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness ...

A resident of New York has contracted the state's first known case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya disease acquired locally, officials said. The person infected in Long Island likely got the virus ...

A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness within the United States ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging traveling Americans to be on high alert for a deadly mosquito-borne virus after reporting an outbreak of chikungunya in Cuba this week.

State health officials are currently probing whether the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that has triggered an aggressive COVID-esque response in China is now spreading in New York after a Long ...

A possible locally-transmitted case of chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne illness linked to tropical regions, is being investigated by New York state health officials. A New York woman said she ...

A petri dish full of dead bacteria isn’t usually cause for celebration. But for Stanford’s Brian Hie it was a game-changer in his efforts to create synthetic life. The perpetrator was a type of virus ...

The prospect of an outbreak of avian influenza among dairy cattle triggering a pandemic in humans is one step closer than scientists thought. New research shows that cow udder cells can be infected ...