A new rapid expert consultation from a standing committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine responds to a request from the White House Office of Science and Technology ...

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound – formed by bat excrement – and sinks its teeth into a bat. But this is no ordinary bat colony. The thousands of Egyptian ...

Nearly 100 people have tested positive for chickenpox in Kollam district of Kerala, prompting health officials to declare a high alert. Even though doctors say chickenpox cases are typically more ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A recent study from an international team of researchers, including those from UC San Diego’s School of Medicine, gives new credence to the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab accidents. By Carl Zimmer The Covid pandemic was an extraordinary moment in ...

Study: Reconstructing the early spatial spread of pandemic respiratory viruses in the United States. Image Credit: america365 / Shutterstock.com *Important notice: medRxiv publishes preliminary ...