(Reuters) – The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

A research team at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, has identified a previously unknown cellular mechanism crucial to the ...

Dengue fever is the most common infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes – some 100 million people around the world are infected. Researchers at the Hygiene Institute at Heidelberg University ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Biochemists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have made a surprising discovery about the inner workings of a powerful virus – a discovery that they hope could one day ...

The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which abnormal brain development results in a smaller-than-expected head. A new study published Jan. 13 in mBio shows ...

The discovery could serve as a starting point for antiviral strategies. A research team at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, ...

While deciphering the information around the novel coronavirus can be incredibly complex, it's important to simplify this complicated subject and make the data accessible. As of November 9, more than ...

Researchers at the University of Kansas have discovered a human gene, the protein PARP14, plays a role in regulating ...

Viruses are often seen only as killers—responsible for diseases like HIV, Ebola, and influenza. But what if we told you that ...

Viruses are ancient. They have been infecting animals, our ancestors included, for hundreds of millions of years before the first humans ever showed up. And the legacy of those primordial infections ...