Viruses

Infectious disease specialists explain whether vaccines will curb the mpox outbreak that was recently declared a global health emergency

From glacial ice cores extracted from the Tibetan Plateau, scientists recovered the equivalent of 1,705 viral species. Reading their genomes tells the story of 41,000 years of climate change

The Oropouche virus, which causes a disease nicknamed “sloth fever” for one of the animals that can be infected, has seen its first cases in the U.S.

A new type of mpox has infected thousands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African countries, but vaccines and treatments are hard to come by

Foodborne illnesses such as E. coli, Salmonella, Listeria and Norovirus can make you seriously sick. Here’s how to protect yourself

Flash pasteurization destroyed H5N1 viral particles that were highly concentrated in raw milk, confirming that standard techniques can keep dairy products safe from bird flu

Amid the pandemic, the Pentagon ran a conspiracy campaign to discredit vaccines—just so it could score points against China. The revelation is a worst-case scenario for global public health

Scientists recently discovered giant viruses infecting algal blooms that dot the Greenland ice sheet

Three U.S. dairy workers have been infected with H5N1 after contact with sick cows, and all of them developed eye symptoms

Queer people’s behavior squashed the U.S. mpox outbreak in 2022. We shouldn’t have to rely on that to stop future outbreaks here or abroad

The pasteurization process was invented in the 1860s and continues to keep people safe from a range of foodborne illnesses

The H5N1 virus is a long way from becoming adapted to humans, but limited testing and tracking mean we could miss danger signs