Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team from the Helmholtz Center for ...

The ancestor of the virus that causes COVID-19 left its point of origin in Western China or Northern Laos just several years ...

New research is rewriting the origin story of the virus that triggered the deadly COVID pandemic. Challenging the idea that ...

As China and the United States trade charges of a lab leak, researchers contend in a new paper that the Covid pandemic got ...

A new study from an international team of researchers, including those from UC San Diego’s School of Medicine, gives new credence to the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic spread naturally by ...

Public health experts share concerns that the H5N1 bird flu outbreak could turn into a pandemic. What to know after Louisiana ...

The initial spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 might have been accelerated by the wildlife trade, similar to what happened with the SARS outbreak in 2002, according to a study by UC San Diego ...

Silver nanoparticles produced by the fungus Trichoderma reesei could become important allies in the prevention and treatment ...

The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread. A new study also shows that an already approved drug could help strengthen immune defenses -- though its ...

Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the U.S. Here's what you need to know about the current situation.

The virus in this particular patient revealed genetic sequence mutations that could enhance the virus' ability to infect human cells ... contact with sick or dead animals. Presley Bo Tyler ...