When a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages, our cells work ...

The Zika virus builds tiny tunnels, called tunneling nanotubes, to stealthily transport material needed to infect nearby cells, including in placental cells, according to a team of researchers from ...

Researchers have tracked how the COVID-19 virus mutates long term, revealing patterns that could help predict the emergence of future variants. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the world ...

Dr. Lipkin and Dr. Baric are experts on viruses, including coronaviruses. There’s a central question that many scientists face: How can scientific discoveries drive humanity’s progress without posing ...

A new study shows how person-to-person variation in antibody immunity plays a key role in shaping which influenza (flu) strains dominate in a population. A new study has shown that person-to-person ...