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

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

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

Investigators from the laboratory of Derek Walsh, Ph.D., professor of Microbiology-Immunology, have discovered how human ...

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

It may feel like you are surrounded by sniffles and coughs, but flu season activity is still low in many parts of the U.S.

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In a landmark paper in Science on May 20, 1983, researchers reported they had isolated a “retrovirus” from a patient at risk of developing AIDS. The work, led by French virologists Françoise ...

The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France’s Institut ...

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Cases of ultra-contagious stomach bug norovirus are surging as the holiday season gets underway, new data shows. The latest figures from the CDC show that one in seven tests for the infection, which ...