West Bengal has reported five cases of Nipah virus in just a week. After two nurses, three new cases, including a doctor, ...

The health condition of one of the two nurses who tested positive for the Nipah virus has improved, while the other continues ...

A new study shows that the body’s early immune response, not the virus itself, often determines how severe a rhinovirus cold ...

In a new study, we and an international team scientists examined the behavior of marine viruses in a large band of ...

Additionally, people with febrile illness may experience fatigue or weakness for an extended period — up to weeks or even months — following recovery. In very rare instances, the virus is spread ...

The Chikungunya virus is spread by infected mosquitoes and causes symptoms like fever and severe joint pain. There is no specific medicine to treat the virus, and the best way to prevent it is by ...

The most significant illness circulating right now is influenza, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health and ...

In 2003, Jean-Michel Claverie made a discovery in bacterial genomics that would change his career trajectory and begin a new era in microbiology. “One day, we found a very strange beast that nobody ...

A major outbreak of chikungunya virus in China has forced the CDC to issue a travel warning for Americans heading to the country. More than 7,000 cases of the mosquito-borne illness have been reported ...

Using genomics, evolutionary biologists test several hypotheses on the origin of viruses. New evidence suggests they may have emerged more times than previously thought. Corroborating the virus-first ...