DNA and RNA aptamers can power portable biosensors that detect viruses within minutes, with potential uses beyond clinical ...

Even in the bombed-out wastelands, infectious diseases still harms people the most.

Scientists took samples from whale blow, identifying possible disease risks for marine mammals in northern seas. By Alexa Robles-Gil In northern Norway, scientists detected a disease-causing virus in ...

Once the virus attaches to receptor clusters, it sends signals that make the cell wrap it in a clathrin coat and build an actin bulge, pulling the virus inward. The virus is then pinched off into a ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A highly contagious virus that spread rapidly across New York City last winter may make a resurgence. Sometimes referred to as the stomach flu or stomach bug, the norovirus illness ...

Nearly all adults carry Epstein–Barr virus—but new research reveals how it can hijack immune cells, sparking a chronic disease that attacks the body from within. This colorized transmission electron ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ethiopia became the sixth country in the last 5 years to report an outbreak of Marburg virus. There are no ...

For years scientists have suspected that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)—a type of herpesvirus that infects 94 percent of the global population by adulthood and causes mononucleosis (aka “mono”)—might be ...

Viruses are tiny — and sneaky. So sneaky that some play a deadly game of hide and seek. The "seek" part is all too familiar: They're always looking for ways to infect humans. Their ability to hide is ...

Health officials in New York confirmed a person tested positive for the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in what is the first locally acquired case in the United States since 2019. The transmission ...