virology

Health By Helen Branswell

A pandemic upside: The flu virus became less diverse, simplifying the task of making flu shots

Health By David Tuller

Seeking the causes of post-Covid symptoms, researchers dust off data on college students with mononucleosis

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

‘It’s something I have never seen’: How the Covid-19 virus hijacks cells

In the Lab By Eric Boodman

A fitting memorial: Superbug treatment named for the patient who inspired its discovery

Health By Helen Branswell

With a surge in cases of mysterious polio-like condition, CDC appeals to doctors to help crack case

Politics By Kate Sheridan

HIV research halted after NIH freezes acquisition of fetal tissue

In the Lab By Helen Branswell

New Ebola species is reported for first time in a decade

Health By Eric Boodman

First phage therapy center in the U.S. signals growing acceptance

Don't Miss By Rick Berke

Watch: Bill Gates the philanthropist is also Bill Gates the movie buff

Heavyweights By Helen Branswell

The virus hunter: In a bygone era, C.J. Peters learned how to bend the rules

Health By Helen Branswell

This year’s awful flu season may have just hit a plateau

Health By Helen Branswell

If you drink untreated water — and you shouldn’t — this is what you’re drinking

Health By Andrew Joseph

Not just Zika: Other mosquito-borne viruses may cause birth defects, study suggests

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

U.S. lifts moratorium on funding controversial, high-risk virus research

Health By Eric Boodman

A patient’s legacy: Researchers work to make phage therapy less of a long shot

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

Deadly West Nile virus cases are spiking in LA. The first line of defense: chickens

Health By Helen Branswell

Ebola outbreak may be smaller than feared, WHO indicates

In the Lab By Leah Samuel

5 important ways Henrietta Lacks changed medical science

Health By Helen Branswell

New report charts ways to expedite critical research during epidemics

Health By Helen Branswell

Why were there fewer microcephaly cases from Zika last year?

Health By Helen Branswell

Researchers say yellow fever in Brazil means a chance of the disease coming to the US

Health By Helen Branswell

50 years of keeping bugs at bay: inside the CDC’s quarantine program

Business By Rebecca Robbins

For $6,000, medical tourists seek a hepatitis C cure — and see the pyramids

Health By Associated Press

A rare rat virus infects eight people in Wisconsin and Illinois

Health By Helen Branswell

Remembering Ebola, coalition targets three viruses with outbreak potential