New research shows how surface material and temperature change how long viruses survive and whether they can still spread.

For centuries, the nature of a fever — and whether it's good or bad — has been hotly contested. In ancient Greece, the physician Hippocrates thought that fever had useful qualities, and could cook an ...

Like many viruses, the rabies virus has a relatively small genome compared to most organisms. Scientists have now revealed how the rabies virus can take control of cells even though its genome only ...

As the Nipah cases in India raise worries across Asia, a new study by Chinese researchers has claimed that an existing oral ...