As a journalist covering COVID-19, I’ve had a front-row seat to the pandemic. I’ve been overwhelmed with despair over the death and suffering. I’ve been numb, trying to keep up with the deluge of ...

Viruses aren’t among nature’s most photogenic creations, but pictures of them are instructive to researchers -- and to the general public, according to David M. Sander, principal consultant at Sander ...

Scientists in Japan have discovered a previously unknown giant virus, offering new insight into this enigmatic category of ...

161,979 new RNA viruses have been discovered using a machine learning tool that researchers believe will vastly improve the mapping of life on Earth and could aid in the identification of many ...

Over the last century, a once-deadly mosquito-borne virus has evolved so that it no longer sickens humans. New research shows that changes in the virus's ability to target human cells paralleled the ...

I’ve had it up to here with viruses lately. It’s easy in these times to wonder whether there’s anything good about them. That made me curious about why viruses exist in the first place, and where they ...

The word “virus” has largely negative connotations. We fear our bodies, or our computers, being infected with viruses; they are, generally, invisible objects to be feared, even obsessed over. Many ...

As the U.S. faces down the COVID-19 Delta variant – now fast-becoming the nation's dominant strain – reports of a new Lambda variant that first emerged in Peru in August 2020 are gaining the attention ...