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Sep 15 2025

How HIV enters the genome – Researchers identify previously unknown mechanism

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Sep 8 2025

From Miami to Berlin: a stowaway rat reveals hidden global health risks

In 2017, a Miami–Berlin flight took an unexpected turn when passengers spotted a rat on board. After landing, the rat was captured and handed over to scientists at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI

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Aug 20 2025

The DZIF mourns the loss of Professor Michael P. Manns

The former President of Hannover Medical School (MHH) and Clinical Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Prof. Michael P. Manns, passed away on 15 August 2025. Manns succumbed

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Aug 8 2025

Standard tests alone not sufficient to predict tuberculosis in immunocompromised individuals

While no longer plays a major role in large parts of Europe, many people still carry the . For people with weakened immune systems, for example after an organ transplant or in the

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