New research shows feverish temperatures make it more difficult for viruses to hijack our cells. A mouse study suggests it's ...

Some viruses mutate more rapidly than others. Learn more about why that is and what that means for your health.

I have been wondering how virus tests are made. A few questions: How do they even work? Do they perhaps bond with the virus, or detect byproducts of it, or what? Do they have to be built from the ...

It's dusk in central Bangladesh, in a community within the district of Faridpur. A 50-year-old man sits outside his home beside a rice paddy. His name is Khokon. A fiery beard, dyed a bright orange, ...

New antivirals and vaccines could follow the discovery by Australian researchers of strategies used by viruses to control our cells. Led by Monash University and the University of Melbourne, and ...

Not long ago, we were all masters of covid math. When the pandemic began in 2020, the number stuck in our minds was 14: If we (or any close contact) got a positive COVID-19 test, we were supposed to ...

Nipah virus, which can rapidly infect and kill members of a community, is carried by bats. Exactly how does it cross over into humans? Researchers in Bangladesh are trying to find out.