Emerging and re-emerging zoonotic viruses pose a persistent threat to global health, livestock production, and ecosystem ...

Scientists uncovered how childhood BK virus infections may set off cancer-causing mutations decades later: by activating a ...

The Human Virome Program will analyze samples from thousands of volunteers in an effort to understand how viruses affect health. By Carl Zimmer The viruses we know best are the ones that make us sick ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Researchers believe they discovered a new type of life form living in the human body that were previously misidentified as viruses. According to a new study from bioRxiv that has ...

Distinguishing between self and non-self is a critical ability of the immune system. Some pathogens have evolved proteins that resemble those of their host, a mechanism called molecular mimicry, in an ...

Scientists have discovered that H5N1, the strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus currently spreading in U.S. dairy cows, only needs a single mutation to readily latch on to human cells ...

Hepatitis G is the former name for human pegivirus 1 (HPgV-1). It is typically transmitted through blood. Avoiding contact with blood products with the virus can help prevent it from transferring.

A hybrid form of mpox has been identified in the UK. Health professionals are not surprised that the sexually transmitted ...

In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled “A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors”.

Hundreds of viruses that infect bacteria have been found on toothbrushes and showerheads. This isn’t something to be worried about, though, because the viruses aren’t harmful to humans and studying ...