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Researchers used artificial intelligence to create 16 new viruses capable of being reproduced in a lab to fight antibiotic resistant infections — but experts warn that the computer-made pathogens pose ...

A potentially deadly virus spread by ticks seems to have established a foothold in New York, recent research shows. Scientists at Stony Brook University and others studied the blood of New York ...

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A rarely diagnosed tick-borne virus with no vaccine or specific treatment has been confirmed in New York for the first time, prompting researchers to warn that additional infections may be going ...

A rendering shows the molecular structure of one of the viruses that the team created. (VIDEO: Samuel King and others) Artificial-intelligence systems have been displaying some eye-opening new ...

A rare, potentially fatal virus has been confirmed in New York state for the first time. Michael Larkin, 67, of Brookhaven, Long Island, tested positive for the tick-borne Bourbon virus, according to ...