Bats carry viral pathogens that typically do not lead to severe disease in the bats themselves but can be lethal to humans. Adaptations in certain immune genes might contribute to this resistance.

The highly contagious Ebola virus has claimed more than 15,000 lives since it was first identified in central Africa in 1976.

The WHO and the CDC coordinated well when faced with viral outbreaks. This is no time to demolish a well-oiled machine.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a crucial ...

By comparison, Ebola virus kills between 25 and 90 percent of those infected ... picture of the virus's polymerase and its key features. Understanding the structure and behavior of this critical piece ...

Researchers have profiled the molecular structure and features of a key part of the deadly Nipah virus. Experiments in cells showe how changes in the viral polymerase -- a protein involved in viral ...

"If we don't know what the wildlife host is, we can't know how, where or when that will be." The biggest filovirus outbreak, caused by Ebola virus, occurred in three West African countries from 2014 ...

While transmission of Ebola virus through contact with bodily fluids from an infected person is well known, more recent Ebola outbreaks have demonstrated that the infectious virus is also found on ...

Early symptoms of Ebola include fever, fatigue, and headache. Ebola, a rare yet highly fatal viral disease, continues to pose a significant threat to human health. The virus is primarily ...

Researchers at the University of Iowa (UI) Health Care and colleagues at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and Boston University, used human skin explants to track the cellular route that ...