The federal government has decided to lift a three-year ban on experimenting with controversial, deadly germs that have the potential to cause...
In a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers documented the recent discovery of retroviruses embedded...
Researchers from Boston College have unearthed genetic remains of ancient retroviruses in the DNA of fossilized carnivores, rodents and primates. The group...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that two-thirds of the world’s population is infected with the herpes virus. That means that about...
While many Windows users have been celebrating the free release of the new Windows 10 operating system, other users are unwittingly downloading...
An experimental new blood test called VirScan, which can be performed for as little as $25, reveals just about every single virus...
A new HIV treatment strategy has been found by scientists which entails starving the virus to death by blocking its sugar and...
In case you were still debating whether to get the measles virus or not, researchers have found that the measles virus causes...
A Kansas farmer died this past June from a new ‘tick borne’ virus they are calling the ‘Bourbon Virus.’ According to a...
Fast evolution of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is slowing its ability to cause AIDS, according to a new study. According to...
Health officials have struggled to grasp the scope of a wave of severe respiratory illness caused by a virus that has spread...
Four days before he left Liberia, Thomas Eric Duncan brought an ailing neighbor infected with the deadly Ebola virus to the hospital....