Where will the next pandemic come from? One expert says his "bet is on viruses." (Getty Images/Science Photo Libra) Nearly four years after COVID-19 emerged, public health experts already say it’s not ...

Some viruses, like the common cold, are a flash in the pan. They infect us, our bodies fight back — which is what makes us sick — and then they’re gone, until the next variant rolls along. Other ...

VIVIAN, LA - DECEMBER 12: With a temperature of 103.8, Asa Moore, 6, of Vivian, Louisiana is examined by John Messier, a physician's assistant, at the North Caddo Surgical and Medical Center for ...

PHOENIX – Long before the coronavirus pandemic, Kathleen Muldoon knew what it felt like to have her life changed by a virus. In 2013, Muldoon was teaching embryology at the Geisel School of Medicine ...

161,979 new RNA viruses have been discovered using a machine learning tool that researchers believe will vastly improve the mapping of life on Earth and could aid in the identification of many ...

Besides serving as food for certain microbes, viruses perform some helpful functions that remain poorly understood. A ciliate, a type of single-celled microbe, swims next to Sphagnum moss, amplified ...

Live virus vaccines use a weakened virus to help your body fight the real disease. Some people, like those who are very sick or pregnant, should not get live virus vaccines. A live virus vaccine ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Using genomics, evolutionary biologists test several hypotheses on the origin of viruses. New evidence suggests they may have emerged more times than previously thought. Corroborating the virus-first ...

Smoking, being exposed to toxic chemicals or radiation, and carrying mutations in certain genes are some of the best-known risk factors for cancer. But another cause of cancer isn't discussed as often ...