Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode ...

Hepatitis B is relatively frequent in the Bouaké military region, with a prevalence of 5.23%. It predominantly affects ...

Within the complex hierarchy of marine ecosystems, giant viruses are now being recognized as novel drivers of both ecological ...

A team at Scripps Research has created a microchip that can rapidly reveal how a person's antibodies respond to viruses using only a drop of blood. This game-changing technology, called mEM, condenses ...

VECTOR control strategies in fighting malaria and dengue fever must be adapted to mosquito species’ outdoor feeding behaviour ...

By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

Thanks to the introduction of a vaccine in 1963, measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. Now the highly contagious disease has reemerged as a threat as declining vaccination rates fuel ...

Pepper the cat is at it again. After his hunting skills helped virologists identify the first jeilongvirus in the United ...

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague ...

According to the NHS, symptoms usually start two to five days after becoming infected.

Pepper, the pet cat who made headlines last year for his role in the discovery of the first jeilongvirus found in the U.S., ...

Pepper the cat, whose owner works at the University of Florida, gathered a specimen containing a never-before-seen virus for ...