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.

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

The model can predict one of 11 likely animal groups, such as rodents or primates, but cannot identify a specific species as the likely virus carrier.

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

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

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 study using lab-made models of the brain suggests that a herpes virus may be a key link between concussions and dementia risk.

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 ...