The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which abnormal brain development results ...

Zika virus, infamous for causing microcephaly, manipulates a host protein called ANKLE2 to assist its replication, which also ...

According to the CDC, the number of people going to doctors with illnesses the flu, RSV and COVID is surging. Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina joins John Yang to discuss why this year’s sick season is ...

The vine mealybug, scientifically known as Planococcus ficus, spreads the Leafroll 3 virus, which weakens vines and reduces ...

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the Singapore General Hospital have discovered that T cells-white blood cells that can destroy harmful pathogens-can completely prevent viral infection, to ...

Understanding the differences between bacteria and viruses is crucial for recognizing how these microorganisms impact our ...

A virus that infects ocean phytoplankton was found to encode a ribosomal protein, a first for eukaryotic viruses. Researchers ...

The virus in the first severe human bird flu case in the U.S. was found to have mutated. Follow Newsweek's live blog for ...

Genetic analysis suggests the H5N1 virus has the capacity to mutate in ways that could ... the lining of the windpipe and therefore reproduce itself in the upper respiratory tract, that would be ...

While the findings show that the virus has the capacity to mutate in ... the lining of the windpipe and therefore reproduce itself in the upper respiratory tract, that would be worrisome ...

Genetic analysis suggests the H5N1 virus has the capacity to mutate in ... the lining of the windpipe and therefore reproduce itself in the upper respiratory tract, that would be worrisome ...