COVID-19 is a reminder of their destructive power, but they’re crucial to humans’ development and survival. Although feared as agents of disease, viruses also work wonders, shaping evolution ...

Cholera bacteria aren't just battling antibiotics and public health measures -- they are also constantly under attack from bacteriophages (phages), viruses that infect and kill bacteria. These ...

A biopsy of her spinal fluid revealed that Carrigan had coccidioidal meningitis, a rare complication of a fungal infection called Valley fever. “I knew something was wrong but never in a million ...

An evaluation for coccidioidomycosis should be considered in at-risk individuals who present with an upper respiratory infection that lasts longer than 1 week and involves upper-lobe infiltrates ...

(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, file) This undated electron microscopic image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows two Influenza A (H5N1) virions, a type of bird flu virus.

They can help viruses spread more easily in the body,” says Denis Kainov, a professor at the Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology ...

Late-stage trial data suggest that a new COVID-flu vaccine offers good protection against both infections, but experts expect the shot's approval may be delayed.

Department of Statistics, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States ...

Notably, cell cultures facilitate primary virus isolation, infectivity assays, biochemical studies, and vaccine production. However, viral contamination in cell cultures poses significant challenges, ...

There’s evidence that common viral infections in children may play a part in triggering the immune system attack at the root of type 1 diabetes. But we don’t yet understand how or why only some ...

The U.S. is nearing the total seen in 2019, of which there were 1,274 confirmed infections across the country over the course of a year, CDC data shows. MORE: Amid growing Texas outbreak ...