Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with viruses. In most cases, your immune system is able to fight an infection. On ...

Researchers say they have discovered an entirely new class of life inside the human body, and it is very similar to a virus.

By altering the metabolism of the skin, the Zika virus guarantees its own survival, resulting in turning humans into mosquito ...

UC San Francisco's Rais Vohra, MD, explains recent increase in reported virus infections and the risks of consuming raw cow’s ...

A fatal virus has been discovered in shrews in Alabama, sparking concerns about potential contagion to humans. The Camp Hill ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Researchers believe they discovered a new type of life form living in the human body that were previously misidentified as viruses. According to a new study from bioRxiv that ...

Scientists have identified nanoparticles that latch onto and destroy virus membranes, opening new possibilities for antiviral ...

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers are helping to map the landscape of viruses that infect us all, and to analyze the impact they have on human health and disease.

Human T-lymphotropic viruses, HTLV, comprise a family of four related retroviruses that affect T-cells, a type of white blood cell. The viruses are thought to have passed from monkeys into humans, and ...

Lehigh Valley’s health networks are seeing abnormally high cases of the stomach bug that’s taking a large number of people ...

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $20.6 million grant over five years to establish one of five Human Virome Characterization Centers, or HVCCs, leveraging UCLA leadership and the ...