Ivermectin had a cult-like following during the COVID-19 pandemic. Did science ever prove it was an effective treatment? The ...

The virus often mutates by simply deleting small pieces of its genetic code. The mutations "disguise" the virus from antibodies. A ‘Trump class’ folly on the high seas Democratic voter turnout deals ...

When a pathogen like a dangerous virus invades the human body, it usually has to enter human cells to cause an illness. Influenza has to latch onto a receptor on the surface of a human cell so it can ...

Scientific advances over the past several decades have accelerated the ability to engineer existing organisms and to potentially create novel ones not found in nature. This report explores and ...

Even in death, cells leave a trace. Scientists have discovered a microscopic “Footprint of Death” that not only helps the immune system clean up but can also give viruses a new way to spread infection ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization has classified hepatitis D virus (HDV) as carcinogenic, citing sufficient evidence and placing it alongside ...

Engineered mini organs from the most common bat species have been developed to study infections by key viruses, including COVID-19 and influenza. A team led by researchers from the Institute for Basic ...

Two seemingly innocuous viral infections in adult honeybees may be secretly insidious, meddling with the insects’ airborne athletics. One virus makes them fly faster, while the other pumps the brakes.

Gain-of-function experiments can help researchers get ahead of viruses naturally gaining the ability to infect people in the wild. But they're also used for many other areas of study within biology.

Approximately 25 global experts in virology will review hundreds of proposals for virus classification and naming. These proposals involve grouping newly discovered viruses based on shared properties, ...

New research has suggested that a virus that has typically been thought of as common and harmless may actually be associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease. This study, which has been ...

Over the last several years, we have experienced an increase of large outbreaks of Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in European countries and neighboring areas. This disease poses a great threat ...