COVID cases resurface with mild symptoms, but scientist reassures public to stay cautious and vigilant for potential spikes.

Under the control of anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration is unilaterally terminating universal access to seasonal COVID-19 vaccines; instead, only people who ...

A new PEARLS article in PLoS Pathogens reviews the rapid evolution and pandemic potential of emerging influenza A viruses, ...

Discover how learning more about how bats harbor viruses and infections without becoming ill could help keep humans healthy, ...

Newly discovered weapons of bacterial self-defense take different approaches to achieving the same goal: preventing a virus from spreading through the bacterial population.

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The idea is biologically plausible and historically grounded — and it reframes how we think about the origin of pandemics.

Did you know that more than 75% of new infectious diseases affecting humans originally come from animals? Bats, in particular, are natural hosts to some of the world's most dangerous viruses, ...

Scientists in Blacksburg have discovered a large, previously unseen virus inside algae. The virus poses no risk to human ...

Millions of "long COVID" patients coping with debilitating "brain fog" and chronic fatigue, who are looking for answers to ...

Giant viruses, like the ones found in Yellowstone's hot springs, have been turning up in many odd corners of the planet.

To fight off viral and bacterial invaders, immune cells known as lymphocytes generate antibodies that specifically recognize ...