There’s an entire world of microbiomes living just under our noses. Although we can’t see them, bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms are as much a part of our daily lives as the air we breathe.

Global warming will expand the areas where animal viruses are detected, increasing risks in regions outside the tropics.

When a virus that once seemed confined to animals starts turning up in both people and their pets, the line between household safety and global health threat suddenly looks thin. Across laboratories ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Mosquitoes have been transmitting the West Nile virus to humans in the United States for over 25 years, but we still don’t know precisely how the virus cycles through these pests and ...

A virus that has long circulated among shrimp and fish now appears to have crossed into humans, causing a persistent inflammatory eye condition that can raise pressure inside the eye and threaten ...

Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab accidents. By Carl Zimmer The Covid pandemic was an extraordinary moment in ...

A virus that ordinarily affects marine animals has caused glaucoma-like symptoms and even irreversible vision loss in a small but growing group of people in China. This is the first known time that a ...

There is much debate about how to best identify and remove bovine viral diarrhea “persistently infected” calves.