Interactions among viruses can help them succeed inside their hosts or impart vulnerabilities that make them easier to treat.

In the early, uncertain days of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists delivered one comforting pronouncement: The virus that caused COVID mutates rather slowly. If that remained true, the virus would ...

Interactions among viruses can help them succeed inside their hosts or impart vulnerabilities that make them easier to treat.

Using artificial intelligence technology and mathematical modeling, a research group led by Nagoya University has revealed that human behavior, such as lockdowns and isolation measures, affect the ...

Some viruses mutate more rapidly than others. Learn more about why that is and what that means for your health.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Some may have put COVID in the rearview mirror, but new research shows the virus that causes the disease is still constantly evolving and is as unpredictable as ever. In light of that ...

A hybrid form of mpox has been identified in the UK. The UK's national health security agency, UKHSA, said the recombinant ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which bacteria share their genetic material through virus parasites. The insights could help scientists to better understand how bacteria ...

Using genomics, evolutionary biologists test several hypotheses on the origin of viruses. New evidence suggests they may have emerged more times than previously thought. Corroborating the virus-first ...

It was found living in the mud of Japanese hot springs. If you’ve read up on Greek mythology, then you might remember that Medusa, with her venomous snake hair and ability to turn her enemies to stone ...