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Researchers are not just worried about the virus popping up on American farms. Other types are causing trouble around the ...

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A virus relies on the host's translation machinery to replicate itself and become infectious. Translation efficiency ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses.

Members of a new class of antivirals are being tested in U.S. clinical trials, and one has gained approval in Japan, but how ...

The illness — commonly caused by "norovirus" — spreads differently than respiratory viruses and requires different prevention ...