In lab experiments, the virus appeared to possess a key adaptation that allows it to infect a broad range of mammals, humans included. Other factors are present that make the virus less suited to ...

Before the invention of vaccination, which helped eliminate the disease in the US, almost everyone in childhood got measles. Not only that, but, 400 to 500 children had also died from the same each ...

Writer Joshua Patton recently complained about Trek’s “toxic fans” — aka conservatives, typically — a relatively new concept ...

Newly discovered bat coronavirus shares entry protein with COVID-19, but poses lower risk of human transmission, researchers find.

Pigs are moderately susceptible to infection with a bovine-derived H5N1 avian influenza virus but don't spread it to other ...

Using an innovative barcoding-style system developed with colleagues at Harvard University, Bachman, Holmes and their team were able to label bacteria with short snippets of DNA in mouse models and ...

The team successfully disrupted the virus’s ability to infect human liver cells in the laboratory using a chromatin-destabilizing molecule CBL137, which is already in clinical trials against cancer.

A new coronavirus that has a greater ability to infect humans than other coronaviruses has been discovered in bats. A Chinese research team led by virologist Shi Zhengli, known as "batwoman" for ...

A large-scale malware campaign dubbed "StaryDobry" has been targeting gamers worldwide with trojanized versions of cracked games such as Garry's Mod, BeamNG.drive, and Dyson Sphere Program.

"Other viruses unrelated to Zika, such as HIV, herpes, influenza A and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, also can induce tiny tunnels in cells they infect and use the tunnels to spread ...