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 ...

Microbiologists Patrick Moreira and Purificación López-García, together with virologists Arturo Ludmir and Lynn Enquist, are at the center of a sharp debate over whether viruses count as living ...

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

VIVIAN, LA - DECEMBER 12: With a temperature of 103.8, Asa Moore, 6, of Vivian, Louisiana is examined by John Messier, a physician's assistant, at the North Caddo Surgical and Medical Center for ...

Young infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) often become much sicker than those infected with ...

A study of fruit flies shows some species are highly susceptible to a wide range of viruses. A study of fruit flies shows some species are highly susceptible to a wide range of viruses. In the study - ...

Picture this: a computer sitting in a lab, essentially “thinking up” brand new forms of life from scratch. That’s exactly what just happened at Stanford and the Arc Institute, where researchers used ...

Hepatitis B and herpes simplex virus are both sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, they are not the same and develop due to different viruses. STIs spread from one person to another ...

Cold and flu season is here, and Michigan health officials are encouraging residents get immunized now amid National Influenza Vaccination Week. "The flu season is unpredictable, and we do not want to ...

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...