Five years ago, a mysterious new virus emerged in Wuhan, China, marking the start of a global health crisis. Initially nameless, the virus and the illness it caused would eventually ignite a ...

Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn't have a name, nor did the illness it would cause. It wound up setting off ...

A video shared on social media in June 2024 claimed to depict a sea serpent monster known as the "leviathan." The clip showed what appeared to be Google Earth or Maps data of an island that ...

A quadruple whammy of viruses – flu, COVID, norovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV – is hitting the U.S. as the year comes to a close. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

Five different viruses are circulating widely in Wales putting hospitals under pressure and causing knock on problems in the ambulance service, which declared a critical incident this week.

Norovirus infections are caused by a group of viruses that spread easily, with as few as 10 viral particles having the ability to make someone sick, health experts say. There are about 2,500 ...

Scientists have developed an innovative therapeutic platform by mimicking the intricate structures of viruses using artificial intelligence (AI). Professor Sangmin Lee from POSTECH's Department of ...

While this development has not changed the CDC’s official assessment of risk to the general public, it does indicate that the H5N1 virus is capable of adapting to human airways. If you're ...

The CDC said the patient's sample showed mutations in the hemagglutinin (HA) gene, the part of the virus that plays a key role in it attaching to host cells. The health body said, opens new tab ...

Influenza is a common respiratory virus that is categorized into four types: A, B, C and D. Type C only causes mild infections and type D is not believed to infect humans. However, influenza A and ...

Over 40,000 people in the Netherlands have been hit by a variant of the “infostealer” virus in the last few years. The virus secretly infects your computer or telephone and steals private information, ...

A comprehensive review uncovers the persistence of 22 viruses in human semen post-infection, highlighting implications for disease transmission, fertility, and future research priorities.