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

While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may make it difficult to perceive viruses as anything other than agents of destruction, the mundane truth is that viruses are barely even living things. In fact ...

A strange, tiny loop of DNA suggested the presence of another entity – one that didn't neatly fit into known categories.

The viruses’ byproducts may be what makes us sick. As we explore the complexities of biology, it becomes clear that defining life itself is anything but straightforward.

SARS-CoV-2 is a virus that causes Covid-19.It's just one of the 219 — and counting — viruses that can infect humans. Three to four new species are found every year. Overall, the viruses that ...

Viral diseases are caused by viruses. They can impact many parts of your body, including your respiratory system, digestive tract, and skin. Viral disease definition Viruses are very small ...

Viruses are apparently no exception to the dog-eat-dog world that is nature. In a recent study, scientists have found evidence that some microscopic organisms actively feed on viruses.

Antigens can be viruses, bacteria, fungi or any other substance that enters the body. Mortality: Mortality is often used in a medical context to express the number of deaths an infection causes.

The warm, damp environments of your showerhead and toothbrush are the perfect breeding ground for microbes, and a new study has identified hundreds of viruses that live there, showing the vast ...

Good morning. I’m Teresa Hanafin, editor of Starting Point. Today I’m putting on my reporting cap to examine four viruses that are making people miserable this winter. You may have heard of ...

The viruses that infect human cells have turned out to be unexpectedly diverse. In 1997, researchers in Japan inspecting the blood of a patient discovered an entirely new virus family that came to ...