University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have uncovered a key reason why HIV remains so difficult to cure: Their research shows that small changes in the virus affect how quickly or slowly ...

Immediately after the infection of a cell in the throat or lungs, the SARS-CoV-2 virus works very hard to replicate, using the human cell's metabolic pathways to produce its proteins and make sure ...

You wouldn’t wish it on anyone. That’s what University of Virginia infectious diseases expert Dr. William Petri has to say about norovirus, the nasty stomach bug that has been tearing across the ...

The hepatitis C virus, or HCV, causes a chronic liver infection that can lead to permanent liver scarring and, in dire cases, cancer. It affects around 71 million people worldwide and causes ...

When Sean Fletcher walked into Sam Biswas' Medical and Molecular Sciences (MMSC) lab at the University of Delaware College of Health Sciences during the summer of his first year, he had no research or ...

A newly developed mouse model may prove to be an effective aid in the development of a Zika vaccine, according to a study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. The mice used in the study lack ...

WASHINGTON — Starting this month, Americans will be able to order free COVID-19 test kits that will be mailed to their homes. U.S. households will be able to order as many as four nasal swab tests at ...

A team of scientists from Korea and Egypt have discovered a better way to grow insect-hunting fungi in a lab, according to research published Wednesday in Frontiers in Microbiology, a breakthrough ...

Mouse experiments at Boston University have spotlighted an ambiguous U.S. policy for research on potentially dangerous pathogens. A researcher works in the high containment lab at the National ...

Bird influenzas are known not only for their danger and severity, but also for their ability to jump to other creatures, including humans. However, recently the ongoing H5N1 bird flu was detected in ...