The human body is naturally equipped with defenses to fight off viral infections. For a virus to successfully infect it, it ...

A new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is spreading rapidly in the United States, CDC data show. What to know ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is keeping an eye on a new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, or “Nimbus,” that has spread across Europe, the Americas and the Western Pacific.

Wastewater monitoring helps communities spot rising outbreaks of influenza, COVID, RSV, and more. Our writer gets her feet ...

Cocrystal developed CDI-988 as a potential breakthrough for norovirus prophylaxis and treatment using our proprietary structure-based platform technology. Unlike conventional antivirals, it targets ...

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Knowing the crystal structure of this "doorway" protein, says Fraser, is key to finding helpful drugs to stop coronavirus and influenza viruses, because it is very similar to other important ...

More information: Lukas Broich et al, Single influenza A viruses induce nanoscale cellular reprogramming at the virus-cell interface, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58935-8 ...

We've all heard of "the flu" but when it comes to types ... and 11 types of neuraminidase (N); influenza subtypes are labeled depending on which of these proteins are present.

Paulson is an expert in researching where and how different influenza viruses bind to cells when they enter a host. Wilson studies the structure of influenza virus proteins. The scientists began ...

their enveloped structure, environmental conditions and how much our mucus surrounds it after a sneeze. A enveloped virus — like influenza A and most cold-causing viruses — are by nature set ...

California researchers say the world may be just one genetic tweak away from human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus — a worrisome mutation that could open the door to widespread ...