The production of infectious aerosols can vary wildly between individuals—and experts are exploring why in the COVID-19 era.

In 2020, as scientists around the world were racing to understand COVID-19, Prof. Roy Bar-Ziv and his team at the Weizmann ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

We know that the process of viral uptake into cells begins with interactions between proteins hemagglutinin and neuraminidase ...

New research shows feverish temperatures make it more difficult for viruses to hijack our cells. A mouse study suggests it's the heat itself that... Fever helps the body fight off viruses: But how ...

For centuries, the nature of a fever — and whether it's good or bad — has been hotly contested. In ancient Greece, the physician Hippocrates thought that fever had useful qualities, and could cook an ...

Some viruses mutate more rapidly than others. Learn more about why that is and what that means for your health.