For over a century, scientists have analyzed the vast microbial world within the human body. They’ve found bacteria, fungi, ...

The new discovery raises the possibility that it could some day spread to humans. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In a recent review published in the journal Virology, researchers examined the increasing diversity of human viruses, their epidemiological significance, and preventive strategies to mitigate ...

The Human Virome Program will analyze samples from thousands of volunteers in an effort to understand how viruses affect health. By Carl Zimmer The viruses we know best are the ones that make us ...

The D1.1 strain of H5N1, now spreading in dairy herds, has a mutation that enhances replication in mammals. Could this be a ...

Still, a number of human cases have been documented as a new CDC report indicates the virus may be silently spreading to humans who don’t show any symptoms. Recent research shows the bird flu virus ...

Using these little bumps, called fusion proteins, measles enters white blood cells and makes copies of itself. As the white ...

By targeting germ cells, these retroviruses became incorporated into human ancestral genomes over the course of millions of years and may have implications for how researchers screen and test for ...

Pandemics over the course of evolution have led to the integration of viruses into our genome. Westend61via Getty Images ...

In a report published earlier this year, the CDC says there have been rare instances over the last decade where bird flu ...