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 ...

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

The World Health Organization reported two cases of a rare virus in an eastern Indian state on Thursday.

Learn how scientists identified genetic clues that distinguish natural viral spillovers from lab-handled viruses — and why ...

Many pandemic viruses emerged naturally – but there’s one that most likely came from a lab - Research provides benchmark for distinguishing natural outbreaks from scenarios involving lab leaks ...

SCHOOL groups and tourists are visiting a cave with bats that carry Marburg virus, previously flagged as having pandemic ...

Residents of Fort Collins, Colorado, have been startled by an unusual sight: rabbits with black, tentacle-like growths sprouting from their heads and faces. These disturbing protrusions have earned ...

This is a “what if” interview from the World Economic Forum’s Risk Response Network. To view the rest of the series, click here. In a rapidly interconnected world, the dangers and threats posed by ...

Influenza D virus (IDV) and Influenza C virus (ICV) represent unique members of the Orthomyxoviridae family that have garnered increasing attention due to their circulation among animal populations ...

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have found that viruses circulating in live poultry markets can be detected more ...

There is no evolutionary signal suggesting that these viruses were being “pre-adapted” for humans prior to their outbreaks. Instead, measurable changes in selection typically appeared only after ...