HIV virus is one of the most pressing health concerns facing the modern world. Since the first reported case of HIV/AIDS in 1981, over 25 million people have died. Out of the millions of people ...

Across the world, only a few dozen people appear to carry a genetic glitch that lets them brush off viruses that flatten ...

The virus that causes COVID-19 might be becoming resistant to antiviral treatments, new research has warned. But should we be concerned? The antiviral drugs nirmatrelvir and remdesivir are recommended ...

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...

Tamiflu, the same antiviral used to treat ordinary seasonal influenza, is the front line medication recommended for treating highly pathogenic bird flu (Photo by Rui Vieira/PA Images via Getty Images) ...

Maximum entropy did correlate with patterns of drug resistance. Unfortunately, so did a much simpler measure: the raw number of mutations the virus accumulated. "HIV protease mutates in almost any way ...

A mutated strain of influenza A, H3N2 subclade K, is surging worldwide, sparking concern about a severe flu season in the United States.

A study published in Nature Medicine found that monkeypox viruses from the current outbreak have on average 50 differences in their DNA compared to the versions from about four years earlier. That’s ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday its analysis of samples from the first severe case of bird flu in the country last week showed mutations not seen in ...

"It's the biggest experiment that's ever happened." In a stunningly short period of time, the delta variant has changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic by evolving to become more transmissible ...