Some viruses that make us sick are cleared by the immune system within days, while others lurk in our bodies for a lifetime ...

The Nipah virus is the latest zoonotic pathogen to have the world on alert. (RUSLANAS BARANAUSKAS/Science Photo Library/) ...

The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found to have a mutated version of the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last ...

A new paper in Genome Biology and Evolution, indicates that while the COVID-19 virus has developed rapidly since 2019, it has done so within limited genetic channels. These genetic limits have ...

A new COVID-19 variant, BA.3.2, has been detected in 25 U.S. states, the CDC reports, with immune escape traits that may ...

Some viruses that make us sick are cleared by the immune system within days, while others lurk in our bodies for a lifetime ...

This month’s story comes from the Bloom lab using their signature deep mutational scanning technique to identify mutations in the surface protein of Lassa virus -called glycoprotein- that escape ...

Researchers at UC San Diego have found that several of the most dangerous zoonotic viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Ebola, and ...

The fate of a Canadian teenager who was infected with H5N1 bird flu in early November, and subsequently admitted to an intensive care unit, has finally been revealed: She has fully recovered. But ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

Dual‑action antibody fragments that trigger and then block alphavirus entry protected against lethal equine encephalitis and ...