The usually harmless Human Pegivirus has been found in brain samples from Parkinson’s patients. Researchers say this is the first time it’s been found in brain tissue.

Taxonomy — classifying viruses into genus, species and so forth — has the power to affect public health For the first time, ...

Black cats may be considered bad luck in many Western societies, however, one such sooty feline has brought good fortune to a ...

Pepper, the pet cat who made headlines last year for his role in the discovery of the first jeilongvirus found in the U.S., ...

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

Observational studies of psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression have long tied ...

MIT researchers identified compounds that can fight off viral infection by activating a defense pathway inside host cells. These compounds could be used as antiviral drugs that work against not just ...

The Epstein-Barr virus is one of the most common and persistent human viruses in the world, according to the CDC.

When a Florida virologist’s cat brought home a dead shrew, no one expected it to lead to the discovery of a previously unknown virus. But that's exactly what happened. The shrew carried a new strain ...

CHENNAI: In the aftermath of Nipah virus cases being reported in Palakkad and Malappuram districts of Kerala, the Directorate ...

Health officials in Lake County, Illinois, have confirmed the county’s first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) this year.

There have been at least 1,309 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. this year. Hundreds or thousands of other families have ...