A virus found lurking inside a deadly fungus may make the microbe even stronger and harder to kill when it infects people.

Researchers have isolated a giant virus, which was named Jyvaskylavirus. The discovery shows that giant viruses are more common in northern regions than researchers have thought. It also illustrates ...

Scientists report that targeting sugars on virus surfaces stopped multiple infections, though the approach needs much refinement before human trials.

We don't know the number of asymptomatic cases.” First discovered in 1955, the virus is transmitted from person to person by a small insect called the biting midge ( Culicoides paraensis), which ...

Scientists documented a rare case of COVID-19 persisting for over 750 days in a man with advanced HIV. The virus, confined ...

Some viruses come and go after making us sick, but some have become a part of us, passed down by our ancestors. San Diego ...

The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread. A new study also shows that an already approved drug could help strengthen immune defenses -- though its ...

A new study published in the journal Science of The Total Environment has significant bearing on the hackneyed joke about ...