Science looks at the furor over an experiment that combined Omicron with a more lethal SARS-CoV-2 variant

For nearly nine years Anthony Fauci’s institute concealed plans to engineer a pandemic capable mpox virus with a case fatality rate of up to 15 percent, congressional investigators revealed in a new...

Pandemic stirs jitters about “gain-of-function” research

Lawmakers are demanding answers after it was revealed the USDA is supplying China with money for experiments that see scientists make bird flu viruses more contagious to humans.

Scientists who advised the World Health Organization on its influenza policies and recommendations—including the decision to proclaim the so-called swine flu a "pandemic" had close ties to companies...

Experimental mRNA vaccine proves highly effective against H5N1 in animal studies, offering hope for rapid pandemic response. Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of...

Health officials say there's very little risk to humans from the bird flu outbreak among dairy cattle, but there's still much they don't know. Here are four questions scientists are trying to answer.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said EG.5.1, which has been nicknamed Eris, makes up one in seven new COVID cases, a report said. The latest data suggests it now accounts for 14.6% of cases -...