The most famous HERV embedded in human and animal genomes, syncytin, is a gene derived from an ancient retrovirus that plays an important role in the formation of the placenta. Pregnancy in all ...

COVID and the 1918 flu pandemic gave us playbooks on how to prepare for the next pandemic. But we aren’t using it.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. An ancient zombie virus has been revived after being frozen for almost 50,000 years.

In his weekly history column, Ken Bridges looks at the history of measles in Texas and beyond as the disease makes a comeback ...

Previous exposures to older flu strains prime the immune system to produce antibodies against bird flu (H5N1).

A pet food company has recalled one lot of its raw chicken pet food after it was linked to bird flu infections detected in ...

Five years after the novel coronavirus emerged, historians see echoes of other great illnesses, and legacies that are unlike ...

For over a century, scientists have analyzed the vast microbial world within the human body. They’ve found bacteria, fungi, ...

The risk of developing MS and other demyelinating diseases is 3 times greater in individuals diagnosed with EBV-positive IM.

March 13th marks five years since an emergency declaration was issued in 2020 for the unfolding COVID-19 outbreak. But it's far from the only deadly virus to impact the Port City over the years.

As global temperatures rise and climate change accelerates glaciers and permafrost are melting at unprecedented rates. While this environmental shift threatens to reshape landscapes and ... Read more ...

The pandemic bared the cruelty of prison in new ways. It was a lost opportunity to move away from mass incarceration.