Scotland's chief veterinary officer is urging farmers to vaccinate livestock against the deadly bluetongue virus that has ...

A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...

A rare tick-borne virus has killed one and hospitalized two others in Wisconsin so far this year, The News Tribune reports.

The Welsh government says its policy is to hold back the bluetongue virus "for as long as we can".

Scientists have discovered a stealthy mechanism that cytomegalovirus (CMV)—the leading infectious cause of birth defects in ...

In view of the recent worldwide increase in Mpox cases, these new findings are of great importance, according to the ...

The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District found West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes in Evanston for the first time this ...

The herpesvirus can manipulate our DNA with far more precision than previously thought. The virus condenses and changes the shape of our genetic material to hijack the host genes needed for ...

Licking County health officials said it's not unexpected to find West Nile virus in the county but still encouraged residents ...

Five years removed from the onset of Covid-19's global sweep, research into another subset of the coronavirus has scientists ...

H5N1 is a specific strain of influenza A virus, also known as bird flu. The avian flu is a highly contagious respiratory disease that primarily affects birds, but can also infect other animals ...