From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than the first cellular life. More than 600 ...

Scientists have “reconstructed” the genome of the 1918–1920 influenza virus, using a sample from a patient in Switzerland. Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich studied a sample from ...

On the Internet's 40th anniversary, Symantec lists the worst cyber threats. Sept. 3, 2009 — -- This fall marks the 40th birthday of the Internet, and to celebrate it, Symantec, the manufacturer ...

Trace the history of humans and rabies, from the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia to modern scientific advances.

A year ago, Rwanda faced its first outbreak of Marburg virus. Dr. Tsion Firew remembers how scared she was — and how that ...

OK, this sounds worse than it is: A vial containing a potentially deadly virus has gone missing from a Texas laboratory. But you really shouldn't freak out because everything is going to be fine and ...

Virologists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China in 2017. Correspondent A new study claims that AI models like ChatGPT and Claude now outperform PhD-level virologists in problem-solving ...

Two young elephants at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Sanjay and Kabir, have overcome a deadly virus thanks to a new vaccine introduced to zoos nationwide last year. Sanjay and Kabir are ...