A newly identified virus–cell hybrid structure allows viruses to spread faster and more aggressively by hitching a ride on ...

A study from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), published in Nature Communications, reveals how ...

The death toll and economic damage associated with flu highlight its role as one of the most harmful viruses in history.

Different teams need to make the same conclusion multiple times before a consensus is reached and the finding can be built ...

A wreath of ten crAssviruses – hugely abundant viruses that infect gut bacteria and are part of your normal, healthy ...

Using AI, researchers identified one tiny molecular interaction that viruses need to infect cells. Disrupting it stopped the ...

Different teams need to make the same conclusion multiple times before a consensus is reached and the finding can be ...

Researchers discovered a hidden molecular “switch” that herpes viruses rely on to invade cells. By combining AI, simulations, ...

Bird flu has been rampaging through wildlife and farm animals worldwide. Will it make the long-feared jump to humans?

Viruses are typically described as tiny, perfectly geometric shells that pack genetic material with mathematical precision, ...

The breakthrough could be used in a new vaccine or antibody therapy to fight mpox, the disease caused by the monkeypox virus.