Maybe you've been in a room recently with someone who's coughing, but they say "I promise it's not COVID." While it's important to still be cautious about COVID-19, there are other viral ...

A close relative of the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in North America for the first time — specifically, ...

Flu A and flu B are two different strains of influenza, explains Thomas Russo, M.D., professor and chief of infectious ...

The plant immune system, which differs significantly from that of humans, utilises small RNA sequences to deactivate or ...

A study of fruit flies shows some species are highly susceptible to a wide range of viruses. The paper, published in the ...

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease, with the first case linked to a 32-year-old nurse in Kampala.

Scientists say these infections with a different type of virus mark an inflection point in the nation’s efforts to contain the virus: It may be here to stay. The strain is not the same one that ...

Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that's different from the version that has spread in ...

A new strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus was detected in dairy cows, but the risk of human transmission remains low. The ...

There are two types of immunity, innate and acquired or ... developed over time as you're exposed to different infections, viruses, or vaccinations. If you have a weakened immune system, you ...

In the study – by the University of Exeter – 35 fruit fly species were exposed to 11 different viruses of diverse types Show ...