Norovirus infection rates are extremely high this year, raising the question: Why can’t a vaccine protect us from the stomach ...

A fatal virus has reportedly been discovered in shrews ... treating infected patients are also at a higher risk. To prevent infection, the CDC recommends avoiding "unprotected contact" with ...

Working in Drosophila fruit flies ... why don't they also cause the microcephaly seen in Zika virus infection? It's probably all down to location. Zika virus is unusual in that it can cross ...

The discovery of microbial-sensing proteins called Toll-like receptors is transforming our understanding of the body’s response to infection ... homologue of the Drosophila Toll protein signals ...