The cold season is in full swing, throats are scratchy and noses are running. We feel ill and hope it is not the flu. The ...

The virus often mutates by simply deleting small pieces of its genetic code. The mutations "disguise" the virus from antibodies.

While current flu shots need to be updated each season, scientists are finding new ways to make vaccine that could last much longer and cover more strains.

Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab ...

In the year 2241, the secretive organization known as the Enclave prepared to unleash a horrifying biological weapon upon the world. Using a modified strain of the Forced Evolutionary Virus, they ...

The influenza virus continues to pose a threat to our health. It triggers seasonal epidemics and, from time to time, potentially serious global pandemics. Existing antiviral drugs are often less ...

A Rowan University team led by Chun Wu, Ph.D., received the Zuckerkandl Prize for the year’s best paper published in the ...

Inside each of your cells lies a nucleus, its master command center. Protected inside each nucleus are your chromosomes, ...

With measles outbreaks, flu spikes, and COVID as a seasonal threat, learn key differences between these contagious diseases, symptoms, vaccine advice.

SCHOOL groups and tourists are visiting a cave with bats that carry Marburg virus, previously flagged as having pandemic ...

We might be near the end of winter, but the spread of norovirus shows little sign of slowing down. The number of people in ...