BSIP / UIG via Getty Images Scientists have detected remnants of three types of viruses in 50,000-year-old Neanderthal bones.

Human papillomavirus is a common group of viruses that can infect the skin and other parts of the body. While HPV often does not cause any problems or symptoms in most people, in some cases it can ...

You are mostly but not entirely human. If we crunch the numbers, 8% of your genome actually comes from viruses that got ...

Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA or RNA. We are still discovering new types of RNA viruses, as shown in two new ...

Oldest Known Human Viruses Discovered In 50,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones It might add weight to the theory that viruses contributed to the extinction of the species.

A common type of human papillomavirus (HPV) could be more dangerous than we thought. The virus, known as beta-HPV, was ...

Virus-based treatments are already approved to treat several types of cancer, and combining them with bacteria could make ...

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, research finds.

What is hepatitis G and how might a person acquire it? Read on to learn more about this type of viral hepatitis, as well as possible causes, symptoms, and treatments.

A new study finds tweaking part of the H5N1 virus infecting dairy cows in a single spot could allow it to better attach to human cell receptors, raising concerns it could transmit more easily ...

This new virus—named Gainesville rodent jeilongvirus 1—marks the first time that a virus of this type has been discovered in the U.S., according to a new paper in the journal Pathogens.