United States health authorities say the risk to human health from a strain of avian influenza spreading through dairy cattle remains low, even after a third case of human infection was recorded in ...

Once the 22-year-old was treated with antiretroviral therapy, her HIV was suppressed and her Covid-19 cleared within six to nine weeks. The woman’s case, described in a preprint paper published on ...

Molnupiravir was one of the earliest treatments rolled out during the pandemic, and works mainly by creating mutations in the virus with the goal of weakening and killing it. The drug, which is taken ...

In people with severely compromised immune systems, JC polyomavirus can trigger an untreatable, often fatal brain disease. An ...

Identifying these genetic changes strengthens future pandemic preparedness efforts. Although viruses are known to undergo continual mutation, not all genetic alterations have a significant effect.

Researchers and medical experts have long tried to understand why some viruses remain harmless in animals while others jump ...

Influenza, RSV, mycoplasma pneumonia, whooping cough and COVID-19 are all circulating in high numbers this year. Epidemiologists say it's unusual to see this many surges at once. The FLuQE coronavirus ...

Researchers found that a single amino acid difference in a coronavirus protein can change how the virus interacts with bat ...