Peter Kasson receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Commonwealth Health Research Board, and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. He is ...

Influenza epidemics, caused by influenza A or B viruses, result in acute respiratory infection. They kill half a million people worldwide every year. These viruses can also wreak havoc on animals, as ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and the Medical Center—University of Freiburg has ...

The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist. To address this critical ...

A tickborne virus uses cholesterol receptors to worm its way into the cell. Monteil and her colleagues first investigated where the virus might attach to cells. To do that, the researchers randomly ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that human cells initiate self-destruction processes when viruses disrupt RNA production, ...

The finding could lead to the development of better drugs for infections like the flu, autoimmune diseases and more.

The virus that causes COVID-19 can alter the genomic structure of cells, which may explain the immunological symptoms that someone experiences from an infection, according to a new study from ...

Bird flu viruses may pack a little taste of home to help them adapt to life in new hosts. Despite plenty of instances of bird flu viruses infecting people, scientists weren’t sure exactly how the ...

Millions of people who recover from infections like COVID-19, influenza and glandular fever are affected by long-lasting symptoms. These include chronic fatigue, brain fog, exercise intolerance, ...

Our cells may get a health benefit when they engulf bacteria-killing viruses. Understanding the role of these viruses, known as phages, in our bodies is important, as they are increasingly used in ...