AI-designed viruses could transform medicine by helping fight infections, treat cancer and improve gene therapy.

US researchers say they created 16 viruses using AI, prompting hopes for medical advances and concerns about misuse.

The results have inspired equal parts hope and terror about the future of AI-inflected biology

Can we just stick to cybercrimes?

The Glenn County case is California's second reported West Nile virus death this year.

Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses.

Aplicar repelente de insectos es una excelente manera de protegerse del virus del Nilo Occidental. (Foto de archivo cortesía de los Centros...

[allAfrica] Inequality doesn't just make pandemics worse; it helps create the conditions for them to spread, persist and return

 A fourth San Diego County resident has tested positive for West Nile virus since June, prompting public health officials to remind the publ...

There is uncertainty over when the Ebola outbreak might peak after already killing thousands in eastern Congo

There is no vaccine to prevent or medicine to treat the Bourbon virus, which is transmitted by the lone star tick...

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the Bundibugyo virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is escalating, with con...

Bats have long posed an immunological mystery: They can harbor viruses that cause severe diseases in other animals, including humans, yet th...

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story.Wendy Varnado still remembers running behind the mosquito...