New research shows how surface material and temperature change how long viruses survive and whether they can still spread.

As the Nipah cases in India raise worries across Asia, a new study by Chinese researchers has claimed that an existing oral ...

Viral DNA that is usually dismissed when sequencing the human genome could help to uncover useful information about complex ...

Nearly 790 people, primarily children, have been infected in South Carolina's ongoing measles outbreak, officials report.

Several countries, including Thailand and Nepal, have increased their surveillance after cases of the deadly Nipah virus were ...

Parents and pensioners have been urged to take extra care amid rising cases of a potentially serious infection. Cases of the highly contagious virus have risen by 18.3% in England over a two-week ...

A team of researchers from the Ministry of Health in Kuwait has successfully demonstrated the destruction of SARS-CoV-2 virus ...

Researchers in North Carolina have identified a key clue to why people keep catching colds over time. A Duke-led study found that a common cold virus changes over time, helping it slip past our immune ...

Scientists used AI to design a completely new virus known as Evo-Φ2147. It is designed to infect and replicate inside ...

Human fetal tissue research has helped in the development of some vaccines.

England’s top NHS doctor Professor Meghana Pandit says the NHS us under pressure from winter bugs, including norovirus, and ...