A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

A virus that is big enough to be seen under an ordinary light microscope co-opts its host’s systems with the help of ...

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Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social ...

Blood tests revealed that the beverage elicited an immune response, according to preliminary research. But far more safety ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When Alicia Guerrero-Gobert moved to Bozeman in 2023 for a paid 10-week summer research ...

About 1 in 10 people carry genetic variants that make them particularly vulnerable to the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a ubiquitous pathogen that is increasingly being linked to conditions like multiple ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reshaping U.S. health policy as HHS secretary, and doctors say his changes are eroding trust.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities said they had contained a Nipah virus outbreak after ...

According to Westword, after humans initially transmitted the virus to two tigers, 11 lions and then two hyenas tested positive. While lions and hyenas lived in separate communities, none of the ...

An outbreak of the Nipah virus in the Indian state of West Bengal is raising concern in parts of Asia, leading some airports to implement precautionary health screenings. So far, five confirmed ...