The horrors of Covid-19 pandemic are still fresh in our minds, even though a few years have passed ever since. One lesson which the world has learnt from the 2020-2021 pandemic is that precaution is ...

Nipah virus is among the deadliest zoonotic infections known to humans, with fatality rates ranging from 40 to 75 per cent in reported outbreaks. What makes the virus especially dangerous is not just ...

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 ...

Viruses are tiny — and sneaky. So sneaky that some play a deadly game of hide and seek. The "seek" part is all too familiar: They're always looking for ways to infect humans. Their ability to hide is ...

Most hantaviruses are not known to spread between people. Andes virus is the exception. After the initial spillover from ...

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 ...