New research shows how surface material and temperature change how long viruses survive and whether they can still spread.

For centuries, the nature of a fever — and whether it's good or bad — has been hotly contested. In ancient Greece, the physician Hippocrates thought that fever had useful qualities, and could cook an ...

As the Nipah cases in India raise worries across Asia, a new study by Chinese researchers has claimed that an existing oral ...

Have you ever wondered why you have to get a flu shot every year, but some vaccines are one-and-done? It all has to do with how and how fast viruses evolve - and that depends on mutation rates.