A Cambridge-based program is tackling the growing threat of engineered pandemics, seeking to prevent bioweapon-driven outbreaks before they begin.
Scientists in China have found a new coronavirus in bats that could possibly infect humans, but the risk remains low for now.
While the exact fate of the misplaced samples is still unknown, they likely pose no danger to the public, government officials have said.
The NanoGripper, made from a single piece of folded DNA, was shown to detect covid-19 and block infections.
Researchers have uncovered a new virus in a mouse caught by one of the scientists' pets, sparking concerns about possible spillover to humans.
Flu season is right around the corner, and there's no better time than now to keep yourself from getting sick for the holidays.
Scientists have discovered over 600 different species of bacteria-hunting viruses living in our common bathroom items, though the microbes pose no harm to people.
Known as rustrela virus, the deadly germ causes a neurological illness in cats called staggering disease.
One of the team's discoveries, nicknamed the MiniFlayer, appears to attach itself to their helper virus so both viruses can invade their bacterial host at once.
Six cases of the rodent-borne infection have been reported in the state so far in 2023, above the usual average.
People with MS produce antibodies to the virus that mistakenly attack a protein in the brain and spinal cord, researchers found.
Health officials in Chicago are reporting a resurgence of the viral disease formerly known as monkeypox.
Canada says this is the first known case of its kind in the country.
Three independent teams in the U.S. and UK have published evidence this week pointing to a common virus.
Researchers found that TikTok videos about the emerging disease were "frequently unreliable and incomplete."
A girl and her father in Cambodia tested positive for H5N1. The child's death marks the second human death linked to an ongoing surge in animal cases.
Avian influenza has recently been recorded spreading among minks and other mammals. The World Health Organization has now acknowledged that could be very bad.
The official tally of reported covid-19 deaths is a vast undercount of the pandemic's carnage, a new study finds.
The emerging viral disease has a new name, though both names will be used interchangeably for a year to avoid confusion, according to health officials.
The World Health Organization's current list of the worst germs features those responsible for Ebola, Zika, and covid-19.
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