Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab ...

Orthohantaviruses, such as the Puumala virus, are widespread in Europe, causing flu-like illnesses and severe kidney damage in those infected. It is increasingly considered a zoonotic threat.

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal viruses become capable of sparking human epidemics and pandemics. Using a ...

The research, published in Science Advances, brought together scientists from Otago and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. The team closely examined the molecular structure of Bas63, a ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, are on the rise in parts of California. It typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms ...

Background Raised cardiac troponin-I is a common finding in patients hospitalised with acute viral infections, including but not limited to COVID-19. This often occurs in the absence of overt ...

IT’S often hard to know exactly how much sleep you should be getting.  Experts claim most healthy adults need seven to nine hours per night – but this is hardly exact, and it also depends on ...

ARTIFICIAL intelligence could reveal the gender of a baby as early as three days after fertilisation, scientists reckon. The AI tech was more accurate than humans in determining the sex of IVF ...