Mexico has reported its first human death from bird flu—a 3-year-old girl. As H5N1 spreads to mammals and cattle, experts ...

Researchers have unveiled innovative, label-free ratiometric fluorosensor designed for the selective and sensitive detection of enteroviral RNA. The research promises to deliver even more advanced and ...

Structural biology forms the cornerstone of our understanding of the molecular architecture, function, and interaction ...

In a growing global trend, bacteria are evolving new ways to maneuver around medical treatments for a variety of infections.

When people talk about the coronavirus, they sometimes describe this invisible entity as if it has a personality and even a conscience. If you ask a biology or medical student what a virus is, they ...

A new artificial intelligence tool could aid in limiting or even prevent pandemics by identifying animal species that may harbor and spread viruses capable of infecting humans. The machine learning ...

Identifying viruses associated with red tide can help researchers forecast the development of blooms and better understand environmental factors that can cause blooms to terminate. The study marks ...

The virus adapts to survive in the host ... “This was one of the first times where evolutionary biology became an applied science,” says Bloom. His lab conducted ‘deep mutational scanning ...

Heading south for the winter? Oropouche virus, a new infectious disease, has been reported in travellers from Canada and the United States who visited Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Cuba. An article ...

But the shingles studies published in 2024, along with a host of new papers, add weight to an alternative decades-old idea—that viruses trigger the disease. Per this theory, plaques and tangles ...