A study suggests that new variant CJD, the human version of the cattle brain disease BSE, peaked three years ago and is now in decline. However scientists say it is too early to come to any ...

So far there have been around 75 deaths nationwide from new variant CJD. Five of these have been in Leicestershire and four of those victims lived within two miles of the picturesque farming ...

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A new COVID variant, XEC, has arrived just before fall. The new variant has sprouted from the omicron variant that was first ...

The rapid spread of a new variant of coronavirus has been blamed for the introduction of strict tier four mixing rules for millions of people, harsher restrictions on mixing at Christmas in ...

Before the final chapter on influenza virus there is a description of prions that cause transmissible spongiform encephalopathies such as kuru, scrapie, BSE and new variant CJD. This chapter might ...

A new strain of Covid - the XEC coronavirus variant - is 'wiping out' people who catch it, a GP has warned. Some of the more recent strains since the pandemic have been milder, but GP Dr Helen ...

Scientists have identified another new variant of coronavirus in the UK with some potentially troubling mutations. B.1.525 appears similar to the South African variant which prompted door-to-door ...

A new variant of the novel coronavirus called EG.5 is spreading in Japan, with experts expecting it to be the dominant strain in the country by mid-September. Though there is no evidence that EG.

A new Covid variant is circling the globe, expected to outpace previous forms, leaving many people debilitated by symptoms unlike the milder ones seen in the past. A GP has shared what's unfolding ...

there’s a new variant in town, gearing up to fuel winter illnesses. There’s a new vaccine as well, though uptake has been ...

A new Covid variant is spreading around the globe and is tipped to overtake as the primary strain. As friends and families share stories of freshly caught coughs, colds, and Covid-like illnesses ...