A new study, published in Nature, sets out an elegant and powerful way for scientists to sift through the enormous diversity ...

A newly discovered virus hiding inside a common gut bacterium could help explain one of medicine’s long-standing mysteries: why a microbe found in both healthy people and cancer patients is linked to ...

Researchers discover a hidden virus in gut bacteria that could explain colon cancer and help detect it earlier ...

For decades, two different viruses were believed to be responsible for a common, untreatable disease in dahlias, a colorful, ...

A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil reveals that tissues such as the tonsils and adenoids can ...

A new study reveals that the gut microbiome is way more complex than people might think. A virus in it may hold the key to ...

Having the disease infectious mononucleosis, often called mono, caused by the Epstein-Barr virus is associated with an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study ...

The thinking about what risk Covid poses — or doesn't pose — has shifted in recent years. What does it mean for you?

Researchers updated the global catalogue of human-infective RNA viruses to 239 ICTV-recognised species, incorporating ...

Cases of the virus are abnormally high this year, according to health experts, and are especially dangerous for children.

The abundance of viral DNA was measured in DNA sequenced from blood and saliva samples in biobanks, revealing strong correlations with age, sex and dozens of genetic variants. Genetic analyses ...

A single drug has been found to inhibit a range of common viruses in lab studies, including coronaviruses, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), norovirus, and influenza and hepatitis viruses. It will be ...