Chinese scientists studying the 2018–2020 Ebola outbreak in Congo found a mutation, GP-V75A, that made the virus spread ...

The probability of mutation of the Nipah virus in the direction of increasing its contagiousness is currently extremely low.

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different paths ...

A flu variant called subclade K emerged too late to be fully covered by this year's vaccine. But the flu shot can still help protect you.

Researchers are edging closer to a universal antiviral drug, a single medicine that could treat every virus known to man.

Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...

"Microgravity pushed evolution into corners of the phage we still don't fully understand" ...

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless "microgravity" conditions aboard the International Space Station, but the ...

Tis the season for cooler temps, shorter days and cozy nights by the fire. Unfortunately, this time of year also marks the ...

Despite all of the masks, tests, and vaccinations, there is no guarantee that COVID-19 will ever disappear. Even if the virus doesn't go away, it might not be as bad as it seems. How could COVID-19 ...

Scientists found that the space station phages gradually accumulated specific mutations that boosted their infectivity, or ...