Cryptococcus neoformans is one of four fungi classified as "critical priority" on the WHO's Fungal Pathogens Priority List, ...

Before the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) had made a list of priority infectious diseases. These were felt to pose a threat to international public health, but where research was ...

High-throughput neutralisation tests could lead to a better understanding of the evolution of human influenza.

Colourised scanning electron micrograph of a cell (green) infected with the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (gold) (Getty) Health officials in Britain have published a first-of-its-kind ...

An innovative approach supercharges the innate immune system to provide a first line of defence against respiratory ...

A viral particle with an unprecedentedly long 'tail' has been caught infecting dinoflagellate plankton in the Pacific Ocean. The virus, PelV-1 uses its tail to attach to its intended victim while ...

Like the dengue and Zika viruses, Oropouche virus causes a febrile illness. There are recent indications that infections during pregnancy can cause damage to unborn babies. Researchers at ...

Researchers have invented a new vaccine that protects mice from respiratory viruses, bacteria and allergens – the closest yet ...

As cases of H5N1 bird flu rise across the U.S., some of us may be more immune to the virus than others. Many people may have immune cells called "T cells" primed and ready to fight the "highly ...

The risk of a Nipah virus infection can be reduced by avoiding exposure to pigs and bats and not drinking raw date palm sap, which could have been in contact with the animal. Nipah does not occur in ...