Although the avian flu (H5N1) virus may not be making the news as frequently, it is still working hard behind the scenes, ...

As summer kicks into full gear and people are spending more time outside, there's one thing on many people's minds - ticks.

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

Scientists at The Wistar Institute have discovered how a key protein from the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), EBNA-LP, ...

As summer kicks into full gear and people are spending more time outside, there's one thing on many people's minds—ticks.

RECENTLY many viruses belonging to different varieties of groups have been identified as having anomalous structures of nucleic acid, including a double-stranded structure of RNA in reoviruses and ...

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

Fluorogenic hybridization probes that allow RNA imaging provide information as to how the synthesis and transport of particular RNA molecules is orchestrated in living cells. In this study, we ...

Influenza continues to pose a significant global health burden, with seasonal outbreaks causing substantial morbidity and mortality. Current antiviral therapies, such as neuraminidase inhibitors and ...

Influenza continues to pose a significant global health burden, with seasonal outbreaks causing substantial morbidity and mortality. Current ...

Virus structure (outside) showing the structure of one of the anticipated antivirals against influenza virus (inside) and areas (shaded background) on the world map with pH1N1.