A virologist’s criticism of former NIH leaders Fauci and Collins fuels renewed scrutiny on Capitol Hill over COVID-19 origins ...

A single vaccine protecting against multiple diseases typically seems out of reach. However, a recent study in mice shows ...

Dangerous clandestine biolabs secretly harboring harmful pathogens from China are hiding in plain sight across the U. S.

Pandemics are lucrative business ventures, with 'Disease X' highlighting the pharmaceutical industry's influence on public ...

Five vaccines in development for HIV, tuberculosis, cancer, influenza, and coronaviruses could transform global health.

That raises the stakes for a second area of Moderna’s research. In a partnership with Merck, it’s been using its mRNA ...

Scientists have long known that deadly diseases, from HIV to SARS to Ebola, can begin in animals and spill over to humans.

The last time The Lancet Microbe featured an Editorial on CRISPR was in November 2020, to mark that year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, jointly awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna for ...

More than 40% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with only 6% of non-traded mammals.

Animals sold in the wildlife trade are 50 per cent more likely to share at least one disease with humans, according to a ...

Of the 2,079 mammal species traded worldwide, 41 per cent share at least one pathogen with humans, according to new data released today.

People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of ...