In 2003, Jean-Michel Claverie made a discovery in bacterial genomics that would change his career trajectory and begin a new era in microbiology. “One day, we found a very strange beast that nobody ...

For decades, two different viruses were believed to be responsible for a common, untreatable disease in dahlias, a colorful, ...

This article was produced in collaboration with The Conversation, a nonprofit news organization. A new year might mean new viral threats. Old viruses are constantly evolving. A warming and ...

Using genomics, evolutionary biologists test several hypotheses on the origin of viruses. New evidence suggests they may have emerged more times than previously thought. Corroborating the virus-first ...

Aedes aegypti, commonly known as the yellow fever mosquito, is a highly adapted, invasive mosquito species recognized as a ...

Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus. It usually transmits from animals to humans, though it can also spread between people or through contact with food containing the virus. Currently, human cases of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Respiratory virus season is in full swing across California, with several illnesses spreading across the state. Cases of influenza ...