virus

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"We're not talking about flu or Covid, where the virus designs itself to be spread through coughing and sneezing," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

It develops when the virus responsible for chickenpox becomes active again in the body, often years after the original infection.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

He later received approval to use pig cells in humans but stopped the program due to a pig virus he feared could harm patients.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Women, people of Hispanic origin, people with severe initial infections and people who have not been vaccinated against the virus appear more likely than other groups to develop long COVID.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

The virus struck Tawantinsuyu again in 1533,1535, 1558, and 1565.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann