emerging virus

Here’s what we know so far about a new virus detected in eastern China.

And does it even matter?

New research reveals where the virus was hiding and hints at how to truly purge it from the body.

Two viruses from dogs and pigs were isolated from human patients, but neither was proven to cause severe disease or to transmit to other people.

A Utah man became infected with the virus after coming into contact with sweat and tears of a Zika patient, scientists report.

Local officials can now apply for additional federal funding to help slow the spread of Zika virus.

Three reasons why virologists are flocking to study this emerging virus

Emerging-disease researcher Richard Elliott has passed away at age 61.

As experts warn that health-care facilities are “the perfect breeding ground” for transmission of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, scientists identify a potential therapeutic target.

A new tick-borne disease has emerged in the US Midwest—and the culprit is not a bacterium. 

Genetic diversity helped avian influenza A viruses make the leap from birds to humans, researchers report.

Researchers generate an infectious cDNA clone of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus genome that could inform vaccine design.

As researchers test a treatment for Middle East respiratory syndrome, the deadly coronavirus that causes it slowly reveals itself.

The brain’s role in aging; tracking disease; understanding the new flu virus; no autism-Lyme link; one drug’s journey from bench to bedside

Researchers are working speedily to find a cure for a new virus that causes birth defects and stillbirth in cows, sheep, and goats.