People are asking if the Nipah virus is real, after words spread about the zoonotic virus that has an estimated 40-70 percent fatality rate.

HIV antivirals may be the key to stopping HTLV-1, a deadly virus with no cure. In a decade-long study, researchers successfully suppressed the virus in mice and discovered a way to kill infected ...

Scientists report that targeting sugars on virus surfaces stopped multiple infections, though the approach needs much refinement before human trials.

How do viruses cross into humans in the first place? In a variety of ways: through people breathing in the exhaled breath of sick animals, or through skin-to-skin contact, or from blood contact ...