In the Hollywood movie *Inferno*, a scientist appears who designs a deadly virus to solve the problem of overpopulation. The ...

A highly contagious rabbit virus with a mortality rate above 80% has been confirmed in the Las Vegas area, and Nevada ...

The virus is clearly far less contagious than the coronavirus, scientists agree, but they have found cases where it spread among people without direct contact. By Apoorva Mandavilli See more of our ...

Here’s what to know about the symptoms and spread of the virus, which has sickened people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. By Dani Blum See more of our coverage in your search ...

In a typical year, scientists discover two or three viruses that have never been seen in people before. The number fluctuates, but the trend has been fairly steady since the 1960s. Most of these ...

An international research team led by a Korean scientist has succeeded in designing large-scale protein structures that faithfully replicate the self-assembly principles found in naturally occurring ...

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Ituri province has nearly 600 suspected cases and over 100 deaths, with several Americans exposed to the highly contagious disease. One US citizen is confirmed to ...

In evolutionary biology, all life on Earth is theoretically part of a single phylogenetic tree, indicating common ancestry. This model suggests that every living organism can be traced back to a ...

Bundibugyo virus is a relatively rare orthoebolavirus that has caused only two previously recognized disease outbreaks but remains capable of producing severe epidemic disease with substantial ...