Kei Sato was looking for his next big challenge five years ago when it smacked him — and the world — in the face. The ...

H7N9 — is detected in at a poultry farm; scientists learn past human flu exposure may provide some immunity to H5N1.

Vaccination against shingles may reduce dementia risk, suggesting viral infections play a crucial role in Alzheimer’s disease ...

A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which ...

After deploying life-saving cholera-prediction systems in Africa and Asia, a University of Florida researcher is turning his ...

A CDC program tests wastewater from airplanes, looking for pathogens that may have hitched a ride with passengers on long-haul international flights.

Soon after the discovery of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strain H5N1 in dairy cattle, scientists learned that ...

Measles is unlike other childhood viruses. In severe cases, it can cause pneumonia. About 1 in 1,000 patients develops ...

Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are ...

The Zika virus builds tiny tunnels, called tunneling nanotubes, to stealthily transport material needed to infect nearby ...

WE must act now to stop a bird flu pandemic and “save lives,” experts warn. The H5N1 strain has already spread from birds to ...