Geneticists have synthesised a strain of E Coli that contains a firewall against invading viruses; what does this mean and could we one day see virus-proof human beings?
Outbreaks of vaccine-derived poliovirus in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi have been linked to vaccines supplied to both nations by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. [.]
A wastewater sample collected more than a year ago in northern Utah tested positive for poliovirus, according to a researcher, but state health officials said the results could not be replicated months later so there s no threat to the public.
Poliovirus was found in a Utah wastewater sample from Tremonton in 2022, but public health officials say it‘s not a threat and there are no plans to continue monitoring sewage for the virus that causes polio. Learn more.
Polio, a debilitating and life-threatening disease caused by a virus, has been largely eradicated in many parts of the world as a result of vaccination programs. Social media posts say the decline came from banning the pesticide DDT, a claim that has no scientific basis, according to health officials and medical exp.