Finding rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold, in preserved medical specimens and analysing their RNA genome could let us ...

Find out about the COVID-19 vaccines, the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination and the possible side effects.

Scientists have mapped how genetics and life experiences leave lasting epigenetic marks on immune cells. The discovery helps ...

In a world still feeling the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, news of a potential new viral threat can quickly raise alarm. That was the case following reports in India of a recent outbreak of ...

The effectiveness of last season's COVID vaccines among immunocompetent adults reached 40% against hospitalization and 79% ...

There have been two confirmed cases of Nipah virus in a hospital in West Bengal, India. Close to 200 people were also exposed to the infection. This has sparked concern across Asia, as the virus is ...

A new year might mean new viral threats. Old viruses are constantly evolving. A warming and increasingly populated planet puts humans in contact with more and different viruses. And increased mobility ...

COVID-19 is still killing more than 100,000 Americans a year, new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study shows—underscoring how the virus remains a major health threat even if the ...

Influenza rates in North Carolina remain high following the state's first pediatric flu death of the season. Wastewater data shows a sharp spike in flu cases, along with increases in COVID-19 and RSV, ...

Patrick Jackson has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, Pfizer, Clarametyx, First Light Diagnostics, and Moleculin Biotech. He is affiliated with Indivisible Charlottesville.

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) illustration shows “ultrastructural morphology” exhibited by coronaviruses. A novel coronavirus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of ...