The question of origins has long bedevilled the study of pandemics. In pre-modern times, outbreaks of infectious disease were ...
A unique infectious disease containment strategy has emerged that uses mosquitoes to spread vaccines to bats. The method ...
X user @Marco_Acortes and Wikimedia Commons There's no reason to believe the user was referring to COVID-19 in particular. The first reports of coronavirus — a group of viruses that includes COVID-19 ...
In a new study, bats lap up vaccine-laced saline or chow down on vaccine-carrying mosquitoes. Will that have any impact on ...
A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the Western world and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Age, diet and lifestyle are known risk factors. However, in most cases we ...