Experts consulted by Newsweek say hantavirus is unlikely to spark a pandemic because it transmits poorly between people.

University of Utah scientists have found that genetic and sex differences in hosts can influence how viruses evolve, potentially increasing their virulence. Using H3N2 influenza A in mice, they ...

A new study shows the virus could have doubled the frequency of genetic variants in a South African province if effective ...

Early in a viral disease outbreak, it could be just as important to look at exactly who is getting infected, as well as how ...

Laboratory tests have implicated the Andes virus, a specific type of hantavirus, in the cluster of illnesses on the cruise ...

Scientists just took a step toward developing a therapy that could prevent someone from getting measles after they have been ...

Millions of tons of plastic waste accumulate in landfills and oceans every year. One promising response is to engineer ...

DNA from living descendants of relatives have allowed four members of the ill-fated Franklin expedition to be identified.

The wave-shaped chart Ratul Chowdhury pulls up on a computer monitor in his office captures the evolutionary cat-and-mouse game his research lab is up against. The undulating curves track variants of ...

Scott Kelly, who appeared on 'The Tonight Show' last fall, will host a three-part series exploring treatment on 'At the Water ...

Researchers updated the global catalogue of human-infective RNA viruses to 239 ICTV-recognised species, incorporating ...