Researchers review the ever-growing list of human viruses, examining their diversity, transmission pathways, and the urgent ...

Elad Harel is used to shining a light on the mysteries of the natural world. Working at the cutting-edge of ultrafast ...

But the coronavirus causes COVID, while the influenza virus causes the flu. COVID also spreads faster than the flu and remains contagious for longer periods. Both illnesses cause symptoms such ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

Antivirus applications use virus ‘definitions’ to catch intruders in the act. Think of these as the fingerprints of malware, and when something tries to creep onto your device that has a ...

The advance, described Jan. 20 in Cell, brings scientists a step closer to developing much-needed medicines.Currently, there are no vaccines to prevent or mitigate infection with the Nipah virus ...

But winter’s scents aren’t the only things being spread. Winter also marks the height of the respiratory virus season, a period of sniffles, sneezes, congestion, fever and other maladies brought about ...

The new definitions aim to resolve any conflict in medical circles over whether obesity is a disease or just a risk factor. Global health leaders have proposed a “dramatic overhaul” of the way ...

In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 58 international experts across a range of medical specialties and people with lived experience released a report proposing a new definition ...

NAIROBI, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of them, the World Health Organization has said, weeks after an ...