H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode ...

By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

Pepper the cat is at it again. After his hunting skills helped virologists identify the first jeilongvirus in the United ...

A cat named Pepper has once again helped scientists discover a new virus—this time a mysterious orthoreovirus found in a ...

Pepper, the pet cat who made headlines last year for his role in the discovery of the first jeilongvirus found in the U.S., ...

When a Florida virologist’s cat brought home a dead shrew, no one expected it to lead to the discovery of a previously unknown virus. But that's exactly what happened. The shrew carried a new strain ...

This was a crucial moment in our evolutionary history, but it also marked a significant change in our relationship to ...

Groundbreaking new research released from Northwestern Medicine discovered that a usually harmless virus in the blood, may be ...

Researchers successfully decoded the genome of the 1918 influenza virus by utilizing an over 100-year-old formalin-fixed ...

Veteran actor and producer Dheeraj Kumar, known for his contributions to both film and television, passed away at 79 due to acute pneumonia. He was hospitalised in Mumbai following breathing issues ...