Virology

A handful of people have already been functionally cured of HIV — and new, universal cures are just on the horizon.

Scientists have discovered a variety of “giant viruses” unlike any ever seen before in Massachusetts’ Harvard Forest

Researchers studied different types of mosquito repellents and their efficacy for over a decade. Here's what they found.

Anti-inflammatory drugs could potentially prevent herpes encephalitis from causing permanent brain damage.

Imagine a real-time warning system for global pandemics. Wastewater surveillance may be able to do just that. Here’s how.

People who live past age 100 have a greater diversity of bacteriophages (that is, viruses that infect bacteria) in their intestines.

Gain-of-function experiments in the lab can help researchers get ahead of viruses naturally gaining the ability to infect people in the wild.

This protein may help bats survive viral infections and could be the springboard for new anti-inflammatory drugs.

The FDA has approved the world’s first vaccine for RSV, a potentially deadly viral infection that has long eluded vaccination.

Armed with a DoD grant, researchers are harnessing the genetic code of ancient viral infections to fight prostate cancer.