Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

New insights into a "friendly virus" that could pave the way for cutting-edge treatments for the potentially fatal superbug C ...

The viruses that pose the biggest risk to public health have been revealed. Among the viral pathogen families classed as high ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

Those belonged to the families Coronaviridae (including Covid-19 and Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome), Orthomyxoviridae (flu), Paramyxoviridae (Nipah virus, measles), and Peribunyaviridae ...

Ever since 1993, when a deadly disease outbreak in the Four Corners first revealed the presence of hantavirus in North ...

In a new study, results suggest that in a preclinical model, two FDA-approved flu antivirals did not successfully treat ...

Drinking raw milk may pose a risk of bird flu transmission to humans. Will pasteurization eliminate this risk and make milk ...

St. Jude Department of Host-Microbe Interactions. The researchers studied exposure routes that included the eye, mouth and ...

Scientists found that frequently used flu antivirals do not work well against the H5N1 avian influenza virus in cows’ milk.