BBC I’m on the hunt for a microbial saviour – a type of virus that can treat infections rather than cause them. We all know the viral bad guys – Covid, flu, norovirus, herpes, chicken pox, measles… the list goes on. But there’s a type of virus that’s not interested in infiltrating our bodies, instead...
Sony Pictures 28 Years Later sees Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) teach son Spike (Alfie Williams) how to fight ‘the infected’ on the abandoned British mainland When 28 Days Later hit screens in 2002, it unleashed a new tangible sense of everyday terror, as Cillian Murphy stumbled around London’s chillingly deserted streets and landmarks, emptied by a...
Fragments of West Nile virus have been detected in UK mosquitoes for the first time, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. A research programme by the UKHSA and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) found the genetic material in mosquitoes collected in Britain in 2023. West Nile virus is a vector borne disease...