But it makes sense to me that having viruses around, what we can say with a fair amount of accuracy is because viruses require the host cell to make more copies of itself, there's no way it's silent.

Unlike most influenza viruses, which bind to glycans—i.e. carbohydrate chains on the cell surface—for infection, the H18N11 virus has a different target.

The ILOVEYOU virus was among one of the earliest - and worst - examples of exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft ’s email client.

In a CBS News interview with veterinarian Dr. Kay Russo, she warned that the time to stop the bird flu is "running out." She said while it's not clear how the virus was spreading from cow to cow ...

Herein lies a crucial problem that the world must address. Scientists and policymakers in the United States have spent years discussing and debating how to regulate risky virus research, sometimes ...

A fatal virus has been discovered in shrews in Alabama, sparking concerns about potential contagion to humans. The Camp Hill virus was discovered by researchers at The University of Queensland.

HMPV is a virus that can cause upper and lower respiratory disease in people of all ages. Young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems are the most at risk for serious ...

The virus can cause upper and lower respiratory diseases in people of all ages. However, young children, older adults, and people with weak immune systems are particularly vulnerable to it.

Hundreds of deadly virus samples are missing from a lab in Australia, the Queensland Government announced on Monday. Queensland Health has launched an investigation into the “major historical ...

Hundreds of vials containing live viruses have gone missing from a laboratory in Australia, sparking an investigation. Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls announced today that 323 samples of ...

Direct mechanisms One of the best-known viruses that can cause cancer is HPV, a family of viruses that is responsible for more than 37,000 new cancer cases in the U.S. each year.

This doesn't help settle the matter of whether viruses or bacteria emerged first, however, because that same data suggests the first cells were already living in an ecosystem teeming with viruses.