A shrimp virus called CMNV has jumped into humans, causing a new eye disease linked to handling and eating raw seafood. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A newly found giant virus from Lake Ushiku shows unusual spikes and a distinct way of disrupting a host nucleus, fueling debates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new flu variant known as subclade K is on the rise across the country. Although a spike in this particular strain of influenza, ...

Researchers at Umeå University show how tick-borne viruses remodel human cells into virus factories, using an advanced microscopy method. The findings provide new insight into how the virus replicates ...

Scientists have discovered a new virus found in common gut bacteria that is linked to colorectal cancer. It’s not yet clear whether the virus helps to actually cause the cancer or if it’s simply a ...

A newly discovered virus hiding inside a common gut bacterium could help explain one of medicine’s long-standing mysteries: why a microbe found in both healthy people and cancer patients is linked to ...

A new illness similar to the deadly SARS virus has probably spread from person to person in the U.K. Previous cases of this new virus, a coronavirus, have been seen in people who've returned from ...

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory encourages extra awareness of distemper signs when adopting new pets ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, are hitting certain states, including California and New Jersey. HMPV can cause upper and lower respiratory disease, and currently there is no vaccine to ...

The story of life’s beginnings gets stranger when you look closely at viruses. These tiny entities seem to sit at the edge of biology. They carry genetic material, but they cannot make proteins on ...