New antivirals and vaccines could follow the discovery by Australian researchers of strategies used by viruses to control our ...
How do viruses do their job of infecting humans? Some of them are experts at evading the immune system so that it won't knock them out. Take hepatitis C, a sneaky and potentially deadly viral ...
GUANGZHOU, China — Trillions of viruses are living in your intestines right now, and they might be secretly controlling whether you stay healthy or get sick. Most of these microscopic entities target ...
The _Aedes_ mosquito is a vector of several viral diseases, including eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, and West Nile fever. Lee Haines, CC BY-ND Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with ...
Dr. Chan is a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute of M.I.T. and Harvard, and a co-author of “Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19.” This article has been updated to reflect news ...
As flu season sets in, health experts are urging people to get vaccinated to reduce their risk of infection. The flu shot is ...