Learn how ancient DNA from human remains provided the first direct evidence that a common childhood virus has been part of ...

Here are seven things to know about the virus and the investigation, from the CDC and state health departments. 1. Seoul virus is a type of hantavirus carried by Norway rats, both wild and ...

Ancient DNA reveals that childhood viruses lived with humans for thousands of years, reshaping how we understand human and ...

Rockland has reported its first human case of West Nile virus in 2025. It's the 37th case of West Nile detected in a human in New York this year, according to state health department data, with 11 ...

Viruses closely related to the deadly MERS coronavirus are lurking in bats and one group, known as HKU5, may be just one mutation away from making the jump to humans. A new study reveals how these ...

Researchers investigating Nipah-like illnesses in Bangladesh have uncovered evidence of another bat-borne virus circulating in humans. Researchers studying infectious diseases have found evidence of ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, together with international colleagues, have identified a protein that is crucial for the TBE virus to infect human cells. The discovery, published in the journal ...

Using 3-dimensional skin models cultured in the laboratory to discover how cells in the human skin limit infection with the important human pathogen, herpes simplex virus. This studentship comes with ...

Residents of Fort Collins, Colorado, have been startled by an unusual sight: rabbits with black, tentacle-like growths sprouting from their heads and faces. These disturbing protrusions have earned ...

A bird flu virus that has often been ignored because it mostly causes minor disease in birds has the potential to cause a human pandemic, says a team that has tracked how the H9N2 virus has become ...