Nipah virus, which can rapidly infect and kill members of a community, is carried by bats. Exactly how does it cross over into humans? Researchers in Bangladesh are trying to find out.

A puzzle to solve: How does the virus spill from bats into humans? A few weeks later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta sent an email to Gurley and her colleagues confirming ...

Researchers at Cardiff University believe new understanding about how a virus enters and infects human cells could help pave the way for new cancer vaccines and treatments.

Until now, scientists had not noticed the code, which had been hidden in plain sight Scientists have cracked the code used by a major group of viruses to spread infections such as the common cold ...

The process reveals tiny, otherwise invisible changes in the virus’s genetic code, leaving a fingerprint that gives scientists valuable glimpses into how the disease is spreading.

The genetic code from thousands of positive tests in Wales is analysed to track the coronavirus.