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

So if we’re right, each former human is now essentially a radio transmitter and receiver. One plurb sends out a signal that ...

That was the first finding of the study. The second was that the bacteria had acquired mutations while being in microgravity, ...

Steven Wilhelm's work on this study was supported by The National Science Foundation, The National Institute of Environmental ...

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system, specifically the CD4 (T) cells, which ...

Every winter, these unwelcome symptoms — fever, aches and runny noses — make their appearance. The influenza virus, which floats in the air, is the culprit behind all this. It hitches a ride on ...

TikTok, X, and Instagram are flooded with videos about a mysterious “2025 throat virus” that’s making everyone sick. The illness causes a host of debilitating symptoms including runny nose, congestion ...

Who’s tired of being sick? Me, definitely. So many family members, friends and coworkers would raise their hands right now, too, if I asked them. Since temperatures dropped across the United States, ...

New research shows feverish temperatures make it more difficult for viruses to hijack our cells. A mouse study suggests it's the heat itself that... Fever helps the body fight off viruses: But how ...

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 ...