Nigeria faces unique challenges in addressing the potential threat posed by HMPV. These include limited diagnostic capacity, ...

Pseudoscience has recently re-emerged in the U.S. While much of it concerns vaccines, an "oldie" is again making the rounds: ...

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have discovered a unique genetic mechanism that provides cells with rapid and efficient protection against viruses. The findings could ...

Public health officials are warning that the U.S. could be facing a “quademic” — the convergence of four miserable viruses that can make people sick circulating at the same time. In the UK, they’re ...

Four viruses are circulating in the U.S., sparking concerns of a possible "quademic." Influenza, COVID-19, RSV and norovirus are all at "very high levels" around the country, according to Samuel ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country ... At least 25 suspected cases had all tested negative, she said. Around $3m (£2.4m) from the WHO contingency ...

The divide between their lineage and ours narrowed even further in 2010, when researchers published the first Neandertal genome sequence. Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA ...

Their findings, published in Nature Aging, describe a never-before-seen link between the two most accepted explanations: random genetic mutations and predictable epigenetic modifications.

The CDC has said it is on the lookout for severe infections, as this could indicate the virus has changed. "Severity of illness can be impacted by a number of factors, including acquired genetic ...

Cases of flu, COVID and RSV remain high across the U.S., CDC data shows. Respiratory viruses are continuing to spread across the United States, sickening millions of Americans. Overall respiratory ...

On Thursday (16 January), there was panic that the virus may have emerged at a 2nd location in a nearby goat farm, but tests revealed that samples tested negative for FMD virus. The FMD situation has ...

He stressed the importance of monitoring and genome sequencing to track the virus. To date, there have been 66 confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu in the US since 2024 and 67 since 2022.