To round out the name, the viruses are given an H and N number to indicate a subtype. A full name might then look like this: ...

As flu season ramps up in the U.S., influenza is not as simple as it first appears, with several different strains in play.

Scientists are issuing warnings after a bird flu patient showed mutations that could increase the transmission of the virus.

Human parainfluenza viruses cause respiratory infections. They are most common in children. There are four different types of human parainfluenza viruses: HPIV-1, HPIV-2, HPIV-3, and HPIV-4.

Researchers are making substantial progress in developing safe and effective vaccines against the dengue virus. Currently, a large number of dengue vaccine candidates are being tested in ...

As bird flu infections rise in dairy cattle and chickens, human cases are ticking up too, leaving many people to wonder ...

Scientists have been able to revive 33 types of ancient viruses, which are thought to have been frozen in the ice of the Guliya ice cap in the Tibetan Plateau 15,000 years ago. Of those ...

The material was tested in the laboratory against four types of virus - two influenzas, the Covid virus and a picornavirus, which has the traits that make a virus highly stable outside the body.

Viruses that infect and kill bacteria, called phages, hold promise as new treatment types for dangerous infections, including ...

An international team of virologists, mammalian ecologists and zoologists has uncovered the evolutionary origins of the ...

A new study highlights the need to ramp up bird flu surveillance in cats because some of them have frequent contact with both ...