A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which ...

For over a century, scientists have analyzed the vast microbial world within the human body. They’ve found bacteria, fungi, ...

In recent years, great leaps in genomic sciences have allowed researchers to detect viruses living in and on the human body—collectively called the human virome. Recent genomic explorations of human ...

The United States is facing a growing threat from the H5N1 bird flu outbreak. Scientists are concerned that existing vaccines ...

PNNL and University of Arizona will develop open-source computational tools to better identify and characterize the viruses associated with the human microbiome.

COVID infection has been linked to a higher risk of autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes.

A Michigan resident has died of rabies after receiving a transplanted organ in Ohio, the State Health Department reported.

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

Steven Weersing survived both the Joplin tornado and the potentially fatal fungus that spread among survivors — now he's ...

Here's what you need to know about hantavirus, the rodent-borne pathogen blamed for the death of Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome has killed at least 34 ...

An Ohio State University study finds that many people lack crucial information about human papillomavirus transmission and ...

The viruses we know best are the ones that make ... “They’re in a partnership.” In the human body, for example, phages typically don’t exterminate their host bacteria.