The H5N1 virus caused the first human outbreak of avian influenza in Hong Kong in 1997. 1 Over the next 16 years, up to June 2013, more than 600 human cases with 60% mortality have been reported from ...

What can a tiny wasp with a rather gruesome parasitic life cycle teach us about evolution, behavior and human developmental ...

A long-lasting formulation of an antiviral drug greatly reduced people’s risk of a symptomatic flu infection in a trial, and ...

A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ancient ...