Five confirmed Nipah virus cases in West Bengal have triggered a high alert as the infection is extremely lethal, spreads ...

Chinese researchers have identified a crucial mutation in the Ebola virus that significantly enhanced its infectivity during ...

The probability of mutation of the Nipah virus in the direction of increasing its contagiousness is currently extremely low. Gennady Onishchenko, an epidemiologist and academician of the Russian ...

Scientists found that the space station phages gradually accumulated specific mutations that boosted their infectivity, or ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most unique environments where life has ever existed, out in the low ...

"Microgravity pushed evolution into corners of the phage we still don't fully understand" ...

The strain accounts for about 90% of flu cases.

Cases of subclade K, a mutation of the Influenza A or H3N2 virus, continue to be the most widely-reported. It's not included ...

A research team says their findings could help tackle soaring antibiotic-resistant infections that cause urinary tract ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

Scientists found that microgravity fundamentally slows the infection cycle, pushing phages to become hyper-efficient at ...