Viruses News
August 18, 2025
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Aug. 17, 2025 — Scientists have engineered a groundbreaking cancer treatment that uses bacteria to smuggle viruses directly into tumors, bypassing the immune system and delivering a powerful one-two punch against cancer cells. The bacteria act like Trojan horses, ...
Aug. 15, 2025 — Arizona State University scientists have unveiled NasRED, a revolutionary one-drop blood test that can detect diseases like COVID-19, Ebola, HIV, and Lyme with incredible speed and precision. Using gold nanoparticles to spot microscopic disease ...
Aug. 12, 2025 — A study finds that people are more open to plant-based eggs when they’re part of familiar foods, like pancakes, rather than served plain. While taste and appearance still favor regular eggs, vegan eggs score higher on environmental and ethical ...
Aug. 12, 2025 — Scientists have discovered a parasite that can sneak into your skin without you feeling a thing. The worm, Schistosoma mansoni, has evolved a way to switch off the body’s pain and itch signals, letting it invade undetected. By blocking certain ...
Aug. 8, 2025 — Neuroscientist Dr. Randy J. Nelson explores how artificial light at night disrupts our bodies, from immune health to mood. His work bridges lab research, clinical trials, and everyday solutions while mentoring future ...
Aug. 3, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that flossing between your teeth could one day help vaccinate you. By targeting a uniquely permeable gum tissue called the junctional epithelium, this new method stimulates immunity right where many infections enter: the ...
July 25, 2025 — A virus from humble black-eyed peas is showing extraordinary promise in the fight against cancer. Unlike other plant viruses, the cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) can awaken the human immune system and transform it into a cancer-fighting powerhouse, ...
July 24, 2025 — Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus from a preserved Zurich patient. This ancient RNA revealed that the virus ...
July 24, 2025 — HIV antivirals may be the key to stopping HTLV-1, a deadly virus with no cure. In a decade-long study, researchers successfully suppressed the virus in mice and discovered a way to kill infected cells, offering hope for the first preventative and ...
July 21, 2025 — What scientists once dismissed as junk DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new international study reveals that ancient viral DNA buried in our genes plays an active role in controlling how other genes are turned on ...
July 21, 2025 — A new UK study shows that vaccinating pregnant women against RSV has led to a staggering 72% drop in hospitalizations of newborns with severe lung infections. By passing virus-fighting antibodies to ...
July 12, 2025 — A cat named Pepper has once again helped scientists discover a new virus—this time a mysterious orthoreovirus found in a shrew. Researchers from the University of Florida, including virologist John Lednicky, identified this strain during unrelated ...
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Aug. 11, 2025 — NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer, a mission designed to create high-resolution maps of water on the Moon, ended after losing contact with the spacecraft just one day after its February 26 launch. Despite ...
Aug. 2, 2025 — Scientists in Japan have discovered a genetic "silencer" within the HTLV-1 virus that helps it stay hidden in the body, evading the immune system for decades. This silencer element essentially turns ...
July 12, 2025 — A team at Scripps Research has created a microchip that can rapidly reveal how a person's antibodies respond to viruses using only a drop of blood. ...
July 4, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that the bacteria behind Lyme disease and anaplasmosis have a sneaky way of surviving inside ticks—they hijack the tick’s own cell functions to steal cholesterol they ...
June 30, 2025 — Scientists have discovered a stealthy mechanism that cytomegalovirus (CMV)—the leading infectious cause of birth defects in the U.S.—uses to infiltrate blood vessel cells while evading immune ...
June 27, 2025 — Biological drugs have been a game-changer for people with severe asthma, helping them breathe easier and live more comfortably. But researchers at Karolinska Institutet have uncovered a surprising ...
June 21, 2025 — HIV is surging among adults over 50 in sub-Saharan Africa, yet prevention and treatment campaigns still focus mainly on the young. New research reveals older adults face comparable or higher ...
June 20, 2025 — Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion. Researchers discovered that ...
June 20, 2025 — Researchers from MIT and Scripps have unveiled a promising new HIV vaccine approach that generates a powerful immune response with just one dose. By combining two immune-boosting adjuvants alum and ...
June 3, 2025 — A new type of mRNA vaccine is more scalable and adaptable to continuously evolving viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H5N1, according to a new ...
Earlier Headlines
June 3, 2025 — A new study shows how person-to-person variation in antibody immunity plays a key role in shaping which influenza (flu) strains dominate in a ...
May 29, 2025 — SAVANA uses a machine learning algorithm to identify cancer-specific structural variations and copy number aberrations in long-read DNA sequencing data. The complex structure of cancer genomes means ...
May 29, 2025 — New HIV research shows that small changes in the virus affect how quickly or slowly it replicates and how easily it can reawaken in the body. These insights bring researchers closer to finding ways ...
May 29, 2025 — The global measles outbreak must trigger an urgent debate into whether a vaccine should be recommended earlier to better protect against the highly contagious disease during infancy, a new review ...
May 28, 2025 — A study finds small-scale tree cover in Costa Rica boosts biodiversity while limiting dangerous mosquito ...
May 28, 2025 — Parasitic worms that infect humans are not interbreeding with those that infect cattle as previously thought. This is good news for when it comes to controlling schistosomiasis, a disease caused by ...
May 28, 2025 — A team identified herpes virus saimiri, which infects the T cells of squirrel monkeys, as a source of proteins that activate pathways in T cells that are needed to promote T cell ...
May 27, 2025 — A new study reveals the biological secret to the Zika virus's infectious success: Zika uses host cells' own 'self-care' system of clearing away useless molecules to suppress the ...
May 27, 2025 — Persons with Parkinson's disease increasingly lose their mobility over time and are eventually unable to walk. Hope for these patients rests on deep brain stimulation, also known as a brain ...
May 27, 2025 — In the long battle to create an effective HIV vaccine, scientists have made a major leap forward. A new study shows that a series of vaccines can coax the immune system to produce powerful antibodies ...
May 22, 2025 — Researchers uncover a notorious cholera strain that contains sophisticated immune systems to fend off viruses, which potentially helped it to fuel a devastating epidemic across Latin ...
May 21, 2025 — Bats are known as natural hosts for highly pathogenic viruses such as MERS- and SARS-related coronaviruses, as well as the Marburg and Nipah viruses. In contrast to the severe and often fatal disease ...
May 21, 2025 — New research demonstrates how specially engineered bacteria taken orally can operate as a delivery system for vaccines and antiviral ...
May 20, 2025 — By studying Chikungunya virus, scientists shed light on how immune responses to viral infections may lead to persistent symptoms of autoimmune ...
May 19, 2025 — Historically, most human mpox infections have resulted from zoonotic transmission --m eaning from animals to humans -- and these spillovers have rarely led to human-to-human transmission. But during ...
May 19, 2025 — Researchers have shown that the evolution of a family of exported proteins in the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum enabled it to infect ...
May 16, 2025 — Researchers have discovered how a parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite can hide from the body's immune system, sometimes for years. It turns out that the ...
May 15, 2025 — A decades-long scientific challenge in HIV vaccine development has been finding a way to train the immune system to produce antibodies that can target many variants of the virus. Traditional ...
May 15, 2025 — New polymer microparticles can be used to deliver vaccines at different times. The work could lead to childhood vaccines given just once, eliminating the need for booster ...
May 15, 2025 — Until now, most research has used either generalized cell samples or organoids made from just one type of tropical fruit bat, and only from a single organ. But a breakthrough has arrived: a research ...
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Machine Learning Algorithm Brings Long-Read Sequencing to the Clinic
- HIV Discovery Could Open Door to Long-Sought Cure
- Earlier Measles Vaccine Could Help Curb Global Outbreak
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
- Trees Vs. Disease: Tree Cover Reduces Mosquito-Borne Health Risk
- Genetic Deep Dive Dispels Fear of Hybrid Worm Threat
- Researchers Engineer a Herpes Virus to Turn on T Cells for Immunotherapy
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- Zika Virus Uses Cells' 'self-Care' System to Turn Against Host
- How Brain Stimulation Alleviates Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
- HIV Vaccine Study Uncovers Powerful New Antibody Target
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Monday, May 19, 2025
- Genomic Data Shows Widespread Mpox Transmission in West Africa Prior to 2022 Global Outbreak
- Family of Parasite Proteins Presents New Potential Malaria Treatment Target
Friday, May 16, 2025
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- Two HIV Vaccine Trials Show Proof of Concept for Pathway to Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
- Particles Carrying Multiple Vaccine Doses Could Reduce the Need for Follow-Up Shots
- World's Largest Bat Organoid Platform Paves the Way for Pandemic Preparedness
- South African Study Identifies Two New Breast Cancer Genes in Black Women
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Yellow Fever Vaccination: How Strong Immune Responses Are Triggered
- New Study Offers Insights Into Designing Safe, Effective Nasal Vaccines
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Monday, May 12, 2025
Friday, May 9, 2025
- Novel, Needle-Free, Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccines With Broad Protection Against Human and Avian Virus Subtypes
- Researchers Map 7,000-Year-Old Genetic Mutation That Protects Against HIV
- Can Frisky Flies Save Human Lives?
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of a Smallpox Vaccine for Preventing Mpox
- HIV Drugs Offer 'substantial' Alzheimer's Protection, New Research Indicates
- Engineering an Antibody Against Flu With Sticky Staying Power
- AI-Designed DNA Controls Genes in Healthy Mammalian Cells for First Time
- Building Vaccines for Future Versions of a Virus
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Vaccines of the Future: Harnessing the Immune System for Long-Lasting Protection
- Viruses Under the Super Microscope: How Influenza Viruses Communicate With Cells
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Shingles Vaccine Lowers the Risk of Heart Disease for Up to Eight Years
- Structural Barriers May Prevent Cancer Care for People Living With HIV
- Urban Rats Spread Deadly Bacteria as They Migrate, Study Finds
Friday, May 2, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Once Bitten, Animals Develop Resistance That Shrinks Tick Population
- HIV: Genetic Characteristics Associated With Sustained HIV Remission After Stopping Treatment
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Hospital-Based Outbreak Detection System Saves Lives
- Left or Right Arm? New Research Reveals Why Vaccination Site Matters for Immune Response
- First Synthetic 'mini Prion' Shows How Protein Misfolding Multiplies
Friday, April 25, 2025
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Clinical Trials to Test Vaccine Against Alzheimer's-Promoting Tau Protein
- B Cells Found to Be Crucial for Long-Term Vaccine Protection, New Study Shows
- Scientists Identify Potential Treatments for Emerging Zoonotic Pathogens
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- Study Reveals Gaps in Flu Treatment for High-Risk Adults
- Empowering Antibodies to Better Activate the Immune System
Monday, April 21, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Deep Learning Algorithm Used to Pinpoint Potential Disease-Causing Variants in Non-Coding Regions of the Human Genome
- Experimental Bird Flu Vaccine Excels in Animal Models
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Our DNA Is at Risk of Hacking, Warn Scientists
- Microorganisms Employ a Secret Weapon During Metabolism
Monday, April 14, 2025
- Experts Stress Importance of Vaccination Amidst Measles Outbreaks
- A Mysterious Pathogen: Oropouche Virus More Common in Latin America Than Previously Thought
Friday, April 11, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Immune Protein Modification Blocks Viral Replication, Heart Inflammation
- Better Tools When Searching for Genetic Causes of Asthma
- Impact of Processing on Biochemical Composition of Plant-Based Products Revealed
- Dogs Could Help Predict Valley Fever Spread in Humans
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Nasal Spray H5N1 Avian Influenza Vaccine Developed
- Lactic Acid Bacteria Can Improve Plant-Based Dairy Alternatives
- Viral 'backbone' Underlies Variation in Rotavirus Vaccine Effectiveness
Monday, April 7, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025
- New Research Boosts Future Whooping Cough Vaccines
- An Antiviral Chewing Gum to Reduce Influenza and Herpes Simplex Virus Transmission
- Molecular Stool Test Could Improve Detection of Tuberculosis in Adults With HIV
- How a Small Number of Mutations Can Fuel Outbreaks of Western Equine Encephalitis Virus
- Research Uncovers Hidden Spread of One of the Most Common Hospital-Associated Infections
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- New Brain Organoid Model
- Novel Point-of-Care Technology Delivers Accurate HIV Results in Minutes
- Study Strengthens Link Between Shingles Vaccine and Lower Dementia Risk
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- How Zika Virus Knocks out Our Immune Defenses
- 'Low-Sugar' Vaccine Can Provide Broad Immunity Against Coronavirus Variants
- Growing Body of Evidence Links HPV With Heart Disease
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- New Data on Mpox Vaccine Effectiveness
- New Understanding of B Cell Mutation Strategies Could Have Implications for Vaccines
Monday, March 17, 2025
- Current Antivirals Likely Less Effective Against Severe Infection Caused by Bird Flu Virus in Cows' Milk
- Tunnel-Building Virus: How Zika Transmits from Mother to Fetus
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Older Adults Might Be More Resistant to Bird Flu Infections Than Children
- Researchers Develop Method to Identify Dormant Cells That Carry HIV
- Intervention Boosts Brain Infection Diagnosis and Care
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Cause of Post-COVID Inflammatory Shock in Children Identified
- Meningococcal Vaccine Found to Be Safe and Effective for Infants in Sub-Saharan Africa, Study Suggests
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Monday, March 10, 2025
- Genes Combined With Immune Response to Epstein-Barr Virus Increase MS Risk
- Intranasal Herpes Infection May Produce Neurobehavioral Symptoms