To see how microgravity changes certain microbes, researchers sent bacteria-infecting viruses called bacteriophages to the ...

A rise in human metapneumovirus is causing concern in New Jersey, mimicking cold symptoms but posing risks for infants and seniors. Health experts stress hygiene and staying home when sick.

New research has uncovered a series of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that enhanced the virus' ability to infect the brains of mice. The findings may help scientists understand its ...

Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which nurtures the developing ...

The discovery of bird flu in dairy cow milk highlighted a previously overlooked target for the H5N1 virus: mammary glands. A new study suggests it’s not unique to cows. An H5N1 virus isolated from an ...

The hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes severe liver inflammation. A research team from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and TWINCORE, the Center for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research in ...