Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory tract, the C.D.C. said. But there is no sign that mutations are widespread in nature.

Cases in domesticated cats have risen dramatically over the past year.

A mystery illness found in a remote part of Congo has been officially identified as a severe form of malaria, which has sickened nearly 600 people and killed 143.

Microbiology and Immunology Diversity (MID) Scholars Program The purpose of this research program is to engage students from historically underrepresented or disadvantaged backgrounds in the biomedica...

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Here, the authors show that oral administration of an oncolytic reovirus (RC402) elicits robust suppression of multifocal tumor lesions and antitumor immunity through extensive rewiring of the host im...

Virologist Beata Halassy says self-treatment worked and was a positive experience — but researchers warn that it is not something others should try.