Scotland's chief veterinary officer is urging farmers to vaccinate livestock against the deadly bluetongue virus that has ...

A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...

A rare tick-borne virus has killed one and hospitalized two others in Wisconsin so far this year, The News Tribune reports.

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

Scientists have discovered a stealthy mechanism that cytomegalovirus (CMV)—the leading infectious cause of birth defects in ...

The herpesvirus can manipulate our DNA with far more precision than previously thought. The virus condenses and changes the shape of our genetic material to hijack the host genes needed for ...

The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District found West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes in Evanston for the first time this ...

Scientists in Spain and China discovered that HSV-1 begins rewriting the architecture of human genes just one hour after ...

Restrictions brought in to try to prevent the bluetongue virus spreading to livestock in Wales are futile and impractical, ...

Licking County health officials said it's not unexpected to find West Nile virus in the county but still encouraged residents ...

Five years removed from the onset of Covid-19's global sweep, research into another subset of the coronavirus has scientists ...