Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the host's cellular machinery to make new copies of themselves. Herpes simplex ...

New findings reveal the presence of replication-competent Oropouche virus in semen, posing fresh questions about sexual transmission risks and public health safety. Research Letter: ...

Zika virus hijacks a key protein implicated in brain development for its own replication. Researchers led by Associate Professor Priya Shah at the University of California, Davis (CA, USA), have ...

The COVID-19 medications Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir and Molnupiravir show effectiveness against virus replication in at-risk patients. Data from over 290,000 PCR tests in Vienna indicate a rapid reduction ...

Chikungunya virus is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus for which no antiviral therapy has been approved. Nucleotide ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine report in Science Advances a breakthrough in human norovirus (HuNoV) research. Norovirus is a leading cause of acute viral gastroenteritis worldwide with ...

Some 17 months ago, scientists detected an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in dairy cattle in Nebraska in ...