Two to three new viruses capable of infecting humans have been discovered every year, a major new study from three ...

The catalog builds on earlier versions published in 2001 and 2018. The post New catalog maps all 239 RNA viruses known to ...

A two-antibody cocktail that targets Nipah and Hendra’s receptor-binding and fusion proteins protects animals from lethal ...

Scientists discover new viruses every year. A catalogue of the riskiest ones could help us spot the next pandemic before it ...

Most animal viruses never become pandemics because they must overcome multiple barriers, including receptor mismatch, immune ...

A new tool has just vastly broadened the scale at which researchers can study these proteins, promising to speed basic ...

Viruses play a major role in the functioning of ecosystems. They profoundly influence the dynamics of microbial communities, flow of matter and global biogeochemical cycles. Yet despite their ...

We tend to just think of viruses in terms of their damaging impacts on human health and lives. The 1918 flu pandemic killed around 50 million people. Smallpox claimed 30% of those who caught it, and ...

Suddenly they appear and -- like the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus -- can trigger major epidemics: Viruses that nobody had on their radar. They are not really new, but they have changed genetically. In ...

Teetering near endangered status, the starlet sea anemone produces “an ancient mechanism” for fighting viruses that ...

Is it possible to study the history of viruses that emerged several hundred million years ago? An international team of INRAE ...

Viruses deliberately slow themselves down inside mosquitoes, allowing the insects to carry and spread disease for life without getting sick.