AI can now create genome viruses in laboratories and redesign toxins to evade controls, raising biosafety alert and rise of ...

Researchers are edging closer to a universal antiviral drug, a single medicine that could treat every virus known to man.

After 33 years, Bernardo Quintero decided it was time to find the person who changed his life — the anonymous programmer who created a computer virus that had infected his university decades earlier.

Brits are being hit by a surge of winter illness as Covid, flu, and norovirus circulate at the same time, leaving health experts warning that knowing which virus you have and when to seek help is more ...

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Study findings explain why pandemics spread faster than detection efforts, based on U.S. data from H1N1 and COVID-19.

Crystalline quartz films grown on four-inch silicon wafers detect Chikungunya virus at sensitivities surpassing standard ...

Wastewater testing can alert public health officials to measles infections days to months before cases are confirmed by ...

A Phase 1 randomised clinical trial of a new Nipah virus vaccine, led by researchers in the US, is offering fresh hope for preventing this deadly infection. The study found that all three doses and ...

VIRGINIA, USA — It’s the season of giving, but one gift you don’t want to receive during the holidays is the flu. Right now, the CDC is reporting nearly 5 million flu cases. Dr. John Harrington ...

A new rapid test for hepatitis C could help identify many more patients who could be cured of the deadly disease, but its use may be limited unless insurers' reimbursement rises to cover its high cost ...