Type 2 inflammation trains nerve- and airway-associated macrophages to confer disease tolerance against lethal influenza by limiting immunopathology and promoting tissue repair without enhancing viral...

Human interferon-β (IFN-β), a type I IFN, is critical for effective innate immunity and is also an approved disease-modifying therapeutic. While genetic variations in several components of the type I ...

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Climate crisis could increase incursions of Aedes aegypti, which can transmit Zika virus and dengue, experts say

The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) is considering a proposal submitted in July 2025 to create an optional additional taxonomic rank below the level of species. This was designed...

In the 1990s, scientists in Australia began searching for the origins of a new disease showing up in places hundreds of kilometres apart. They discovered the origin: bats. And found a way to reduce th...

Theo Murphy meeting organised by Dr Katy Brown, Dr Emma Harding and Professor Rachael Tarlinton

The disease has killed more than 1,500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in just over two months, causing deaths faster than officials have ever recorded.

Health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of the outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.

This study develops AGL mice with severely impaired interferon signaling as a broadly susceptible model for diverse human respiratory viruses, enabling studies of viral disease and antiviral treatment...

Friar's Bush is the last resting place of Bernard Hughes, the famous creator of the Belfast Bap.

HPAI H5N1 from Fetal Bovine Serum

In December 2025, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b genotype DI.2.1 virus was detected in a cat living on a dairy cattle farm. Milk and serum samples from the dairy cattle were tested for avian influenza virus. No viral RNA was detected; however, H5N1-specific antibodies were identified in serum samples from 34 (47.2%) of 72 lactating dairy cows and 24 (63.2%) of 38 youngstock. These demonstrate expansion of the mammalian host range of HPAI H5N1 in Europe.

The Asian tiger mosquito is spreading across Europe. Climate change is accelerating invasive species like it — and the UK may be next.

Australia was previously the only continent where the H5N1 bird flu strain had not yet been found.

Human CEACAM6, which is widely expressed in the lung, is identified as a receptor used by the spike proteins of Cardioderma cor (heart-nosed bat) alphacoronaviruses to enter cells.

An international team of researchers has identified an East African bat coronavirus capable of entering human cells.

Hendra virus (HeV) is a highly pathogenic virus endemic to Australia that causes lethal infections in horses and humans following spillover from bat reservoirs. There are two known genotypes: genotype...

MosquitoNI is assessing mosquitoes in Northern Ireland. The research project aims to determine the diversity and distribution of mosquitoes and their viruses, as well as how environmental changes may ...

In her conversation with the American Peptide Society, Lucia shared a research vision that bridges peptide-based drug delivery across biological barriers with antimicrobial design against resistant pa...