The symptoms come on quickly - acute fever, followed by debilitating joint pain that can last for months. Though rarely fatal ...

We can see the virus here thanks to cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), an extremely cool imaging technique that lets ...

A new study has shown that person-to-person variation in antibody immunity plays a key role in shaping which influenza (flu) strains dominate in a population. The work, published today as a Reviewed ...

U.S. scientists would gain vastly expanded capabilities to identify potentially deadlier mutations of the coronavirus under COVID-19 relief legislation advancing in Congress. The U.S. now maps only ...

In what may be one of the most important HIV research breakthroughs in years, scientists have discovered a strikingly ...

In a new study, wastewater surveillance for multiple pathogens at five different sites identified local trends that were not captured in larger surveillance programs, and some sites used the data to ...

An outbreak of the chikungunya virus in southern China has prompted a strong government response as cases climb into the thousands. The disease, which is spread by mosquitoes, is most prevalent in the ...

Madrid authorities have confirmed the region’s first outbreak of avian influenza in 2025, affecting a commercial farm in Valdemoro. Approximately 450,000 laying hens are being culled as part ...