Five years after the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, the World Health Organization is still reporting deaths from the virus. More than 3,000 people died in the last month, adding to the more ...

University of Toronto researchers have uncovered how bacterial viruses protect their progeny in order to maximize their reach. The phenomenon, described in a study published in Nature, relies on viral ...

This research comes as many mosquito-borne viruses are spreading rapidly. Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting a ...

As the coronavirus spread, researchers worldwide scrambled to find ways to keep people safe. Some efforts were misguided. Others saved millions of lives. By Apoorva Mandavilli Until 2020, few ...

Norovirus is an extremely contagious “vomiting bug” that spreads through food, water, and surfaces contaminated with tiny particles of vomit or fecal matter. Symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, ...

Cold and flu viruses can live on surfaces for a few hours to days. Hard surfaces, like stainless steel and plastic, can keep ...

Chikungunya, a painful mosquito-borne disease once mostly confined to tropical regions, could now be transmitted across large parts of Europe as rising temperatures caused by climate change allow ...

As plastic pollution worsens worldwide, scientists are uncovering a new and unsettling possibility. Tiny airborne fragments of plastic, known as micro- and nanoplastics, may do more than pollute the ...

As plastic pollution worsens worldwide, scientists are uncovering a new and unsettling possibility. Tiny airborne fragments of plastic, known as micro- and nanoplastics, may do more than pollute the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This summer’s historic outbreak of trillions of saltmarsh mosquitoes has left Florida residents swatting, scratching, and in some ...

For the past several weeks, many around the world and here in the U.S. saw a mysterious virus spreading in the city of Foshan in Southern China’s Guangdong Province and couldn’t help but think, here ...