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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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