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Kaspersky: We've found new virus linked to Stuxnet

LONDON (AP) — Computer security firm Kaspersky says it has discovered a new batch of malicious software linked to the infrastructure-wrecking Stuxnet virus.In a statement Thursday the Moscow-based...

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Virus origin in Gulf computer attacks in question

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Security technicians are beginning to suspect that highly targeted virus attacks were behind the recent crippling of computer systems at two major Gulf energy...

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Questions in China on how H7N9 flu strain killed 2

BEIJING (AP) — Health officials say they still don't understand how a lesser-known bird flu virus was able to kill two men and seriously sicken a woman in China, but that it's unlikely that it can...

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Questions in China on how H7N9 flu strain killed 2

BEIJING (AP) — Health officials say they still don't understand how a lesser-known bird flu virus was able to kill two men and seriously sicken a woman in China, but that it's unlikely that it can...

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Scientists: China bird virus likely silent threat

BEIJING (AP) — Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of the bird flu strain that recently killed two men in China said Wednesday that the virus could be harder to track than its better-known...

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China bird flu mutates, might infect mammals

BEIJING (AP) — In a worrisome sign, a bird flu in China appears to have mutated so that it can spread to other animals, raising the potential for a bigger threat to people, scientists said Wednesday.So...

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Bird flu 101: How bad is the new H7N9 strain?

A bird flu virus never before found in humans has grabbed world attention this week after it infected and killed people in China. Scientists have been scrambling to understand how it happened and, more...

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Bird flu 101: How bad is the new H7N9 strain?

A bird flu virus never before found in humans has grabbed world attention this week after it infected and killed people in China. Scientists have been scrambling to understand how it happened and, more...

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China's bird flu response shows new openness

SHANGHAI (AP) — After a new and lethal strain of bird flu emerged in Shanghai two weeks ago, the government of China's bustling financial capital responded with live updates on a Twitter-like...

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China's bird flu response shows new openness

SHANGHAI (AP) — After a new and lethal strain of bird flu emerged in Shanghai two weeks ago, the government of China's bustling financial capital responded with live updates on a Twitter-like...

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WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus

GENEVA (AP) — International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease...

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French man dies of SARS-related respiratory virus

PARIS (AP) — France's health ministry says a French patient has died of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS — the first death in the country of the disease identified last year.Most of those...

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2 stem cell patients stop HIV drugs, no virus seen

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Two HIV-positive patients in the United States who underwent bone marrow transplants for cancer have stopped anti-retroviral therapy and still show no detectable sign of...

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