Virus

Nipah virus is one of eight diseases that the World Health Organization has identified as epidemic threats in need of prioritization, and ways to curb it are running thin.

A new study suggests "treatment as prevention" is a viable way to fight the virus at the population level.

It’s better to be safe than sorry, and there’s nothing about the flu vaccine that’s dangerous.

Patrick Strudwick talks to Françoise Barré-Sinoussi about how she identified HIV as the cause of AIDS; her receipt of the Nobel Prize; and the latest efforts to prevent, treat, and manage HIV.

Despite 30 years of failure on an evolving viral puzzle, there's reason to believe we'll one day live in a world without HIV.

The good news: Antibiotics didn't create antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The bad news: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is everywhere.

Human disease is littered with examples of fractious, sometimes furious rows over what emerging pathogens are called.

New guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force could help lift some of the stigma associated with testing—and shift the bill to insurers.

The Berlin Patient. The VISCONTI cohort. A baby in Mississippi. None of these represent the wide-reaching HIV cure that we've spent decades looking for, but they do get us a little bit closer to one.