"We really don't know how that happened." Scientists stunned after virus jumps between humans and animals: 'It was a very unusual situation' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Researchers have identified a dual therapeutic strategy that combined inhibition of a key SARS-CoV-2 viral enzyme with suppression of a host inflammatory pathway, with preclinical evidence that ...

When a virus that once seemed confined to animals starts turning up in both people and their pets, the line between household safety and global health threat suddenly looks thin. Across laboratories ...

A new study has revealed a surprising dimension of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the virus responsible for the global crisis, SARS-CoV-2, now detected "in a large suite of common backyard animals." ...

Zika virus hijacks a key protein implicated in brain development for its own replication. Researchers led by Associate Professor Priya Shah at the University of California, Davis (CA, USA), have ...

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...