Ushikuvirus is a newly identified giant virus that infects amoebas, adding to a growing group of oversized viruses that scientists believe may have played an important role in the emergence of complex ...

For more than three decades, Ötzi the Iceman has been a kind of time capsule for researchers—an Alpine body preserved so well that it keeps producing scientific “firsts.” Now, a new analysis suggests ...

A damaging cotton virus thought to be a recent invader has actually been hiding in U.S. fields for nearly two decades. New ...

The mortality rate of Nipah virus is estimated to range between 40-75%, and the virus can cause severe damage to the nervous ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 14, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

Two prehistoric genomes have revealed the history of HPV and challenged the idea that Neanderthals first transmitted the ...

Colorado is in the midst of a record-breaking flu season, with doctors’ visits for flu-like illness at a 30-year record high ...

Scientists from the University of Nottingham are part of an international group of experts who have used cutting edge genomic technology to predict ...

In experimental mouse models, these surviving B cells caused local damage to myelin - the insulating layer around nerve ...

A ferocious surge of flu cases is linked in part to a variant that has not been dominant in the past few years — resulting in ...

A cluster of prehistoric dugout canoes resting beneath Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin, has been dated to as early as around 3000 BC, meaning at least one is older than Egypt’s Great Pyramid of ...