Viruses

A meeting of the Pan American Health Organization this week will address the resurgence of measles in the Americas

New research shows how microbes use napping viruses to vaccinate themselves

Cells in cow udders could act as a site for human flu and bird flu viruses to swap genes and generate dangerous novel strains

A new review study examines the “gut virome”: the microbiome’s mysterious viral population

Experts say the painful infection, spread to people from mosquitoes, can get to many countries if it finds the right hosts

Infectious bird flu virus was found in milk, on equipment, within wastewater and aerosolized in the air on California dairy farms

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another question

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last four flu pandemics

As the measles outbreak in the U.S. gets bigger, HHS’s secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., touts nonvaccine treatments. But they generally don’t help and can carry dangers

A shameful mass propaganda campaign is unfolding in the U.S., one that will make millions of kids needlessly sick with measles

A team of researchers traced the wild animal source of the mpox virus to the fire-footed rope squirrel

The detection of bird flu in a sheep is another sign that the H5N1 virus is adapting to hop to new hosts