A mother’s influenza infection drives her placenta into full antiviral defense. That defense appears to come at a cost to the ...

Jimmy Kimmel isn't optimistic about America's ability to stop a possible new pandemic. On the October 5 edition of Jimmy ...

Two scientists at the University of Oxford, Teresa Lambe and Rebecca Makinson, are part of the group who are working to ...

A roundup of six recent studies explores an advanced breast cancer drug combination, atropine for childhood myopia, gene ...

Today’s chatbots aren’t likely to help lone actors invent a deadly pathogen, experts say. But newer models, trained in biology, may need stronger safeguards.

Dr Jason Chng knows firsthand the fear, uncertainty and exhaustion that can come with serious illness. Those memories continue to guide the way he practises medicine today.

Public health specialists told ABC News the best way for people to protect themselves against these viruses is to get vaccinated. The CDC currently recommends that people aged 6 months and older ...

A rare Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) on Kangaroo Island has been confirmed to have died from highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu. The sea lion had recently been attacked by a shark, weakening it.

A similarity between the viruses behind the flu and HIV is now the subject of a research effort at Michigan State University that could help develop effective vaccines for both of them.

As the temperatures start dropping and the leaves start falling (at least in some places), many people are looking forward to pumpkin spice, Halloween and the winter holidays. But along with colder ...