In 2023, a highly pathogenic bird flu leapt to seals in South America, killing some 17,000 elephant seal pups (about 97 ...

The emergence of new viruses is often unpredictable, jumping as they might from infecting one species to another. A November ...

Researchers have developed an optical biosensor that detects the virus that causes mpox. The technology could make diagnosis much faster and cost-effective as the disease continues to spread worldwide ...

Transmission of Oropouche virus to the womb has been confirmed in two stillbirths and one birth with congenital anomalies that occurred in Brazil.

Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection—among them, raising ...

The findings, published Nov. 8 in the journal Science Immunology, expand scientists' understanding of mammalian immunity and may lead to a sort of broad-spectrum virus treatment in the future ...

This significantly impairs viral clearance which may affect the course ... New Findings on Animal Viruses With Potential to Infect Humans Oct. 31, 2024 — Scientists investigating animal viruses ...

A scientist who was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer treated herself using lab-grown viruses, a method researchers say is 'not ...

Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

A scientist who successfully treated her own breast cancer by injecting the tumour with lab-grown viruses has sparked discussion about the ethics of self-experimentation. Beata Halassy discovered in ...