The filthy secrets of hotel rooms and why you might want to pack disinfectant on your next trip.

A new study links a wave of bird flu to the deaths of more than 330 New England harbor and gray seals along the North Atlantic coast in 2022.

Avian influenza viruses have evolved to infect birds, but the current H5N1 outbreak is also infecting a wide range of mammals. This suggests that it could mutate into forms that threaten humans.

The Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola, currently has no approved treatments or vaccines to protect against it.

Aided by machine learning, scientists are working to develop a vaccine that would be effective against all SARS-Cov-2 strains.

The circular, chalky plates of marine algae E. huxleyi can act as catalysts for viral infection and are key to Earth's carbon cycle.

A biologist who studies how viruses spread from animals to people explains the process of spillover and the risks posed by the new bird flu that has spread across the globe.

Fossil evidence of how the earliest life on Earth came to be is hard to come by. But scientists have come up with a few theories based on the microbes, viruses and prions existing today.

Researchers have created an inhalable powder that could protect the lungs and airways from invading viruses.