Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus harbored by fruit bats. It can be transmitted to pigs and humans, infect people through contaminated food, and can travel directly from person to person via droplets.

Scientists share detailed, complete images of a viral structure called the Ebola virus nucleocapsid. This breakthrough may accelerate the development of antivirals that target this viral structure to ...

University of Queensland researchers have captured the first high-resolution images of the yellow fever virus (YFV), a ...

Researchers discovered how human astroviruses bind to a receptor on human cells at a molecular level, which could inform new ...

New study reveals how human astroviruses bind to humans cells and paves the way for new therapies and vaccines ...

Chikungunya is a disease transmitted to humans by mosquitoes in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, with sporadic cases reported in other locations. Its symptoms often resemble those of dengue and Zika, ...

Scientists from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry in Prague have deciphered the structure of the protein methyltransferase from the monkeypox virus. It is with the help of this ...

Markus Buehler described to Business Insider how he and his lab translated the structure of the coronavirus protein into a musical composition.

The press release below was prepared by University of Utah Health. View the original. In a rare but serious complication of cancer, the body’s own immune system can start attacking the brain, causing ...

Scientists have discovered a new bat virus in Brazil that shares a key genetic feature with COVID-19, raising concerns about ...