In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

Imagine a virus so lethal that up to 90% of those infected don’t survive. That’s Marburg - a rare but extremely dangerous disease with no known cure. In this video, we explore its history, how it ...

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion.

CSL Behring Germany today announced that the first haemophilia B patient in Germany was treated with the gene therapy HEMGENIX® (etranacogene dezaparvovec) at the Hemophilia Treatment Center at ...

By Gift BritonScientists are developing a single vaccine to protect against three deadly viruses that regularly strike Africa: Ebola Zaire, Sudan Ebola virus, and Marburg virus.These viruses cause ...

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) continues to devastate the global swine industry, yet the ...

The sample was taken on June 13. So far, there are no cases in humans. While this is early to detect West Nile virus, experts cautioned that this does not necessarily foretell a bad mosquito season.

Trump’s new COVID-19 website features five arguments supporting the lab. Among them was the explanation that Wuhan – the Chinese city where the virus first began spreading – is home to a ...

The virus that commonly causes cold sores starts reshaping our genome within an hour of infection to boost its own growth, which scientists could take advantage of to treat severe cases.

More information: Herpes simplex virus type 1 reshapes host chromatin architecture via transcription machinery hijacking, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60534-6 ...

Fiona Havers, a physician considered a senior subject-matter expert on respiratory diseases and vaccines, led the CDC’s surveillance of hospitalizations for coronavirus and respiratory syncytial ...