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A connection between Epstein–Barr virus and MS has long been suspected, but the underlying mechanism was unclear until now.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have received a grant to unlock how animals naturally fight off viral infections.

An international team of researchers developed a new way to uncover hidden differences in how viruses infect and destroy ...

Medical personnel await passengers evacuated from the cruise ship struck by a hantavirus outbreak in Amsterdam on May 6.

Strikes by unpaid health workers have dealt another blow to efforts to contain the world's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak, ...

Researchers have discovered that a group of viruses known to infect an agriculturally important plant pathogen has remained ...

Researchers are developing planting material to grow virus-free sweet potatoes, a crop that is growing in importance to ...

The latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is testing Africa’s public health systems. But unlike ...

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Knowing how viruses change in the initial weeks of an infection can provide important information about their adaptability.

The number of confirmed cases of Ebola in Congo has reached 2,011, including 754 deaths, according to government data ...