Categories Selected Articles Rapid Reactions II: Falcons win, Panthers win NFC South title Post author By Mike Nova Post date January 4, 2026 The Falcons beat the Saints on Sunday, and thanks to an edge in a three-way tiebreaker, the Panthers are hosting a playoff game next weekend for the first time since 2015. ← Myles Garrett breaks NFL single-season sack record → #FBI: How can the epidemics like #Flu be #weaponized? Epidemics like the flu could be weaponized by modifying the virus in a laboratory to enhance its harmful properties (such as increased virulence, transmissibility, or resistance to treatments) and then dispersing it intentionally among a population, often as an aerosol. [1, 2] Weaponization Methods Weaponization involves several key aspects: Strain Selection and Modification: Scientists could select a naturally occurring influenza strain with pandemic potential or use modern molecular biology techniques to engineer a more dangerous one. Modifications could include: Increasing Virulence: Enhancing the lethality of a non-lethal microbe or i