Most influenza viruses enter human or animal cells through specific pathways on the cells' surface. Researchers have now discovered that certain human flu viruses and avian flu viruses can also use a ...

The FCS in SARS-CoV-2 is one of the features that helps it to infect humans. So finding something very similar in this new ...

Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which nurtures the developing ...

Peter Kasson receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Commonwealth Health Research Board, and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. He is ...

A new study sheds light on why some people with pre-existing conditions may be at higher risk of a heart attack or stroke after a serious COVID infection. The good news: Vaccination cuts the risk. A ...

How did viruses evolve? Are they a streamlined form of something that existed long ago, or an ultimate culmination of smaller genetic elements joined together? Aa Aa Aa The evolutionary history of ...

Bird flu viruses may pack a little taste of home to help them adapt to life in new hosts. Despite plenty of instances of bird flu viruses infecting people, scientists weren’t sure exactly how the ...

Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which nurtures the developing ...

Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, ...