Researchers at UC San Diego have found that several of the most dangerous zoonotic viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Ebola, and ...

The Nipah virus is the latest zoonotic pathogen to have the world on alert. (RUSLANAS BARANAUSKAS/Science Photo Library/) ...

There’s an entire world of microbiomes living just under our noses. Although we can’t see them, bacteria, viruses, and other ...

The story of life’s beginnings gets stranger when you look closely at viruses. These tiny entities seem to sit at the edge of biology.

Hopefully, you have already received your seasonal flu vaccine this year. These shots are highly effective at preventing illness, ultimately lowering the spread of the virus throughout the population.

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal ...

Long before humans cultivated crops or sailed between continents, a group of plant viruses was already evolving among wild plants in Eurasia. According to a new international study published in Plant ...

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Scientists at the University of Vienna, Austria, have screened great ape specimens obtained from natural history museums to identify DNA viruses. This groundbreaking study provides unique insights ...

Vaccinating birds against bird flu reduces the spread of the disease, but may have unintended consequences. This is the warning of a new paper in the journal Science Advances, which concluded that ...

The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of leading virologists connecting more than 90 Centers of Excellence and ...