In 2026, Oropouche outbreaks will likely continue to affect travelers in the Americas. The biting midge that carries ...

Giant DNA viruses that infect eukaryotic cells are thought to have played a role in the evolution of life, according to the ...

Armed with a catalog of hundreds of thousands of DNA and RNA virus species in the world's oceans, scientists are now zeroing in on the viruses most likely to combat climate change by helping trap ...

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Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

The discovery, published in the Journal of Virology in November 2025, adds weight to the viral eukaryogenesis hypothesis.

The Oropouche virus, which some media outlets are calling a "sloth virus," has been seen in European travelers returning home from the Americas. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Viruses are tiny agents that can infect a variety of living organisms, including bacteria, plants, and animals. Like other viruses, the dengue virus is a microscopic structure that can only replicate ...

Viruses are a mysterious and poorly understood force in microbial ecosystems. Researchers know they can infect, kill, and manipulate human and bacterial cells in nearly every environment, from the ...

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Vaccinating birds against bird flu reduces the spread of the disease, but may have unintended consequences. This is the warning of a new paper in the journal Science Advances, which concluded that ...