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In a new study, bats lap up vaccine-laced saline or chow down on vaccine-carrying mosquitoes. Will that have any impact on the flying mammal's immune system?

For decades, scientists have recognized that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a formidable viral pathogen. After years ...

A group of plant viruses that infect many important crops may have origins stretching back tens of thousands of years, long before humans began farming. A new international study suggests that the ...

As today's researchers face a tectonic shift in the foundations of global health, it is instructive to consider another time when international health research had to be re-established on a new ...

A team of researchers has finally cracked a decades-old mystery in virology: how low-pathogenic avian influenza viruses transform into highly pathogenic strains. The study, published in Science, ...

Ancient plant viruses infecting modern crops likely evolved in wild plants before the last Ice Age and later spread across continents.

With NIH funding, the group will pursue research and patient care approaches for a disease that affects more than 250 million people around the globe ...

When New Scientist reporter James Woodford was assigned to a story about a virus designed to kill rabbits, he never expected to be accused of spreading it ...

Have you already felt the wrath of mosquitoes this year, just as you started enjoying outdoor weather? You’re not alone. Mosquito season is usually supposed to start late spring through early fall, ...

Long before humans cultivated crops or sailed between continents, a group of plant viruses was already evolving among wild ...

Orthohantaviruses, such as the Puumala virus, are widespread in Europe, causing flu-like illnesses and severe kidney damage in those infected. It is increasingly considered a zoonotic threat.