Experts say a new COVID-19 variant is spreading across the more than 20 countries after remaining "underground" for years.

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Inherited variations in antibody genes can affect how we respond to infections and vaccines, show two new studies from ...

A major study reveals how genes, immunity and lifestyle shape viral persistence and explain why some infections never fully leave the body ...

Some viruses that make us sick are cleared by the immune system within days, while others lurk in our bodies for a lifetime ...

A new paper in Genome Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that while the COVID-19 virus ...

It’s been known for some time that certain viruses stick around. Herpes virus moves into a host’s cells and never leaves.

UC San Francisco Chancellor emeritus J. Michael Bishop, MD, a pioneering microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in ...

Researchers at UC San Diego have found that several of the most dangerous zoonotic viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Ebola, and ...

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