Americans are being urged to be extra vigilant this winter, as a suite of influenza A mutations has created a dominant virus ...
A 13-year-old girl in British Columbia who was hospitalized with bird flu for several weeks late last year harbored a mutated version of the virus, according to a report published this week in the New ...
Across the world, only a few dozen people appear to carry a genetic glitch that lets them brush off viruses that flatten ...
The world is still dealing with the aftermath of COVID-19, but experts say that climate change could bring new viruses.
When researchers in China first discovered a new coronavirus spreading amongst the people in the city of Wuhan, they collected samples of the virus and published its genetic code online. Stream Los ...
In space, bacteriophages mutate in ways not seen on Earth, making them more effective at killing drug-resistant bacteria.
Even viruses have to contend with parasites in the form of sponging relatives – and these cheats may be much more common and important than biologists thought. In flu infections, such viruses may ...