Health officials say virulent strain driving harsh flu season

A virulent strain of influenza has pushed the 2025-26 flu season to its highest activity level in 25 years, bringing longer ...
KCBD

Study identifies virulent HIV variant unrecognized for years

(AP) - Scientists have found a previously unrecognized variant of HIV that’s more virulent than usual and has quietly circulated in the Netherlands for the past few decades. Thursday’s report isn’t ...
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Debunking the idea viruses evolve to become less virulent

The author, Jess Dawson, M.D., a masters of public health candidate at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is a contributor to the ABC News Medical Unit. As evidence mounts that the ...
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A Highly Virulent Variant of HIV Has Been Discovered in the Netherlands

Though the VB variant seems to be more transmissible and harmful, it can still be effectively treated and isn't spreading widely. Reading time 4 minutes Researchers in a new paper this week say that a ...