Some viruses, like coronaviruses, have an extra fatty envelope to keep their genetic material safe. This is vital because like all living creatures, viruses aim to pass on their genes by reproducing.

Over 300 live samples of deadly viruses—including hantavirus, lyssavirus and Hendra virus—went unaccounted for after a ...

A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the first severe case of the ...

In addition, populations of living organisms evolve over time. Do viruses conform to these criteria? Yes and no. We probably all realize that viruses reproduce in some way. We can become infected ...

Hundreds of vials containing viruses have been stolen from a laboratory in Australia, prompting an investigation into the ...

Texas Biomed Professor Luis Martínez-Sobrido, Ph.D., and Scripps Research Institute Professor Juan Carlos de la Torre, Ph.D., ...

But are we fighting a losing battle? Do we instead need to learn to live with the virus? Prof Carl Heneghan, the head of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine at Oxford University, says the ...

Researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa have discovered that a virus, FloV-SA2, encodes one of the proteins needed ...

Here's what you should know about how long viruses can live on various surfaces. Lifespan depends on the virus and the surface In light of the novel coronavirus, researchers are looking at how ...