A recent study conducted on human A(H5N1) cases in the United States found that conjunctivitis was the primary symptom ...

The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist. To address this critical ...

In the face of rising concerns about antibiotic resistant infections, an international group of microbial experts have ...

The Nature of Viruses Viruses are microscopic entities that require a host's cellular machinery to replicate. Unlike bacteria ...

During the COVID pandemic, RSV showed a slightly odd pattern: like flu, it basically disappeared in the 2020–2021 season, ...

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $20.6 million grant over five years to establish one of five Human Virome Characterization Centers, or HVCCs, leveraging UCLA leadership and the ...

Background Mpox emerged as a significant global public health concern during the 2022–2023 outbreak, impacting populations in ...

A deadly virus closely related to a family of infections with mortality rates approaching 75 percent has made it to North ...

University of New Mexico Health Sciences researchers have detected microplastics in human brains at much higher concentrations than in other organs – and the plastic accumulation appears to be growing ...

Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers ...

Getting the HPV vaccine in early adolescence may lower the risk of HPV-related cancers before exposure occurs. Learn about ...

Yet until recently, scientists didn’t fully understand why bats are so good at harboring pathogens that don’t seem to harm ...