Although widespread virus outbreaks may be a thing of the past, the total amount of malicious software being written is on the rise, says McAfee Inc. On Tuesday, the security vendor added the ...

When an antivirus program sounds the alarm, it always triggers a moment of shock in the user. But the warning is not always ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper examines the vital role played by electron microscopy toward the modern definition of viruses, as formulated in the late 1950s.

A panel of federal advisers voted unanimously Friday to advance a set of proposals to bolster government oversight of pathogen research that could make viruses more transmissible. The advisers, a ...

Influenza experts are acknowledging that they were almost completely surprised by the way the current swine flu outbreak unfolded, so much so it is forcing the world to rethink what a pandemic is and ...

Hospitalman Apprentice Abigail Garcia administers the COVID-19 vaccination to Mass Communications Specialist 1st Jesse Sharpe at the COVID vaccination site in Walter Reed National Military Medical ...