Respiratory viruses are hitting young children and infants particularly hard this fall and winter season, and experts don’t yet know exactly why.

Hunters are warned to take precautions handling wild birds, and the virus can spill over to non-avian species, so no one should approach wild animals that are appear ill.

Like COVID-19, mutations have allowed monkeypox to get smarter, spreading quickly and evading drugs. New research digs into key mutations.

New research identifies a similarity in how the virus that causes COVID-19 and Parkinson's disease affect brain cells.

New research identifies a similarity in how the virus that causes COVID-19 and Parkinson's disease affect brain cells.

"...specific N-glycans seem to regulate the development and functional maturation of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein."

Wastewater surveillance could help reveal trends in disease spread, including for monkeypox, polio, and COVID. But more work is needed.

Cell membranes are a basic structure common to most living organisms – but they can be hijacked.

Tens of thousands of children have tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus in the last months in what is the largest outbreak of the virus in recent years.

The new design "could be used not just for SARS-CoV-2 and other related viruses, but also for other clinically important pathogenic viruses."