England is set to eliminate hepatitis C by 2025. According to the National Health Service, the virus will be wiped out from its territories in just 3 years. Deaths have decreased drastically by 35% in the last 6 years in the country.
Two Israeli scientists have unveiled 100,000 previously unknown viruses. The study has added thousands of new viruses to the list of already known viruses to science. The viruses discovered are RNA viruses, as they inject their RNA into their host’s cytoplasm. Viruses were discovered in data gathered from samples of soil, water, and other ecosystems collected from throughout the world.
