(Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images) Three types of flu viruses affect humans: types A, B, and C. Type A and B cause the annual influenza epidemics that have up to 20% of the population sniffling ...

Poor health from "these types of infections can have a negative ... of years could shed light on how they affect modern humans. Some viruses never leave your body. "They have a huge impact on ...

Neznam/Getty Among the detected viruses were several types of bird flu found in guinea ... of viruses known for causing measles and mumps in humans—as particularly adept at crossing from species ...

This isn’t something to be worried about, though, because the viruses aren’t harmful to humans and studying how they work could reveal new ways to kill drug-resistant bacteria. A longevity ...

Researchers have developed a new set of gene delivery tools designed to target specific cell types in the human brain and spinal cord. The toolkit represents an advance toward gene therapies that ...

The types of pathogens that can be transmitted by animals to humans include bacteria, parasites, fungi, and viruses. Some zoonotic diseases are relatively benign, but many—for example, ...

Scientists comment on the first detection of West Nile virus in UK mosquitoes, announced by the UK Health Security Agency. Professor Paul Long, microbiologist at King’s College London, said: ...