An image shared on social media with claims it shows a list of patent numbers for viruses such as H1N1 flu, Zika virus and ...

This valuable study proposes a novel rapid-entry mechanism of S. aureus that involves the rapid release of calcium from lysosomes. The strength of the paper lies in a very interesting hypothesis; what ...

The Zimbabwean expert based in Botswana heads the laboratory that sequenced the omicron variant of the coronavirus. A leading ...

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The Marburg virus - which belongs to the same family as Ebola - has killed 15 people in Rwanda this autumn, with hundreds ...

Officials are spooked by rising cases over a horror ‘eye bleeding' disease that has spread to more than 17 countries.

Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, which eerily predicted the kind of zoonotic virus outbreaks that we're seeing ...

A live virus vaccine contains a live, weakened (attenuated) virus that helps your body develop an immune response without you developing symptoms of the disease it is intended to prevent. Examples ...

Mortality rates from Ebola outbreaks can be as high as 90%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and ...

There is a remarkable story behind the way in which a lower-middle-income country, Rwanda, managed to contain an outbreak of one of the world’s most feared high-consequence pathogens, the Marburg ...

In the heart of Rwanda, a silent and deadly threat is spreading — the Marburg virus.