A powerful new computer virus was today causing havoc with e-mail systems across the world. Experts described the virus, called Goner, as one of the fastest-spreading they had yet seen and warned ...

A colossal iceberg the size of Chicago has broken from a floating glacier in Antarctica, and like a retractable roof at a stadium, the drifting structure has opened up a hidden habitat to the elements ...

Credit: Alex Ingle / Schmidt Ocean Institute In January, an iceberg the size of Chicago splintered off from the Antarctic Peninsula and drifted away in the Bellingshausen Sea. As luck would have it, a ...

Britain has outlined four dangerous emerging viruses which could become the so-called “Disease X” to cause the next pandemic. The UKHSA risk rating specifically factors in the danger each ...

You might not have heard of them, but these are among virus families at high risk of causing the next pandemic, according to a threat list released by the government. The UK Health Security Agency ...

Coronaviridae, which includes COVID-19; orthomyxoviridae, which includes avian influenza; and paramyxoviridae, which causes the Nipah virus are classed as high risk for both epidemics and pandemics.

The list — which includes viruses that cause flu, Ebola and Zika as well as bacterial threats — aims to encourage targeted research into new diagnostic methods, vaccines and treatments that ...

It also includes paramyxoviridae, which causes Nipah virus, outbreaks of which have mostly been found in South East Asia. The "priority pathogen" guide from UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is ...

Health officials in Britain have published a first-of-its-kind list of the disease-causing viruses they believe pose the greatest risk to humans - including four viruses highlighted as pandemic risks.

Credit: Schmidt Ocean Insitute On a January morning in 2025, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke free from the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It drifted into the frigid waters of the ...

Little is known about life underneath Antarctica. On January 13, 2025, iceberg A-84, which is roughly the size of Chicago, broke from the George VI Ice Shelf, a giant floating glacier attached to ...

Swift action like that reduces the chances of the virus evolving genetic changes and spreading. US authorities were too slow to act when the virus was detected in cattle. It's now in at least 950 ...