UCLA researchers have created miniature stem cell-based organoid models of human lungs, hearts and brains to study how ...

West Nile virus (WNV) has been the dominant cause of mosquito-borne illness in the United States since its introduction into ...

The machine learning model analyzes host characteristics and virus genetics to identify potential animal reservoirs and geographic areas where new outbreaks are more likely to occur.

Researchers had been studying the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii for decades without seeing evidence of an active virus within it—until a pair of Virginia Tech researchers waded into the ...

A new bat organoid platform has been used to study zoonotic viruses like SARS-CoV-2 and flu, revealing more about viral ...

Scientists report that targeting sugars on virus surfaces stopped multiple infections, though the approach needs much refinement before human trials.

Long before Westeros, fantasy and science-fiction author George R.R. Martin had a hand in creating Wild Cards, a shared science-fiction universe involving a pathogen called the "Wild Card" virus ...

A new threat: drug-resistant lung infections from environmental bacteria are increasing, often defying standard treatments.

Researchers have discovered that a virus living inside the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus significantly boosts the fungus's ...