Shaundel Washington-Spivey and Chris Kahlow will move on in the race for La Crosse mayor. With all precincts reporting at 8:45 p.m., nonprofit director Washington-Spivey was the top candidate with ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - Voters are hitting polling places across the city of La Crosse to cast their votes in the February primary elections. This year, along with one state race, La Crosse ...

It was no small prize: at the time, producing this modest slab of DNA — less than 1% the length of the Escherichia coli genome — would have cost roughly US$250,000. The company’s aim was to ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Voters in La Crosse will head to the polls Tuesday for the Spring 2025 Primary Election. Ballots will feature candidates running for the La Crosse School Board, Mayor ...

African swine fever (ASF) is a devastating viral hemorrhagic disease caused by the ASF virus (ASFV) that can kill up to 100% ... of the causative ASFV by partial and complete genome sequencing and ...

“You tend to have one or the other virus predominant at any given time,” said Anice Lowen, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the Emory University School of Medicine. Here’s what ...

While a pandemic is not inevitable, the spread of the bird flu virus, also known as H5N1, has surpassed worrisome milestones in the United States. In the past year, many chicken flocks at poultry ...

As results come in for the Feb. 18 primary election, the Tribune will follow returns and results for local La Crosse elections. Polls opened at 7 a.m. and closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday. All precincts ...

SVV was detected in two of three samples using RT-PCR, and one of two positive oral swabs was used for genome amplification and sequencing. The buffalo-origin SVV was named SVA/GD/China/2018 (GenBank ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT ... studying COVID-19 activity in our communities through genome sequencing. It identifies strains of the virus through someone’s DNA. Dr. Kenny says he identified ...