New reports suggest the pandemic’s origins may be linked to raccoon dogs sold at Wuhan’s Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market. A virologist explains.
- Lecturer in Virology, Queen's University Belfast
Monkeypox may not churn out variants at the rate of SARS-CoV-2, but that doesn’t mean we can rest easy.
Scientists are working on intranasal COVID vaccines. Not only are these vaccines delivered differently – but they also target a different part of our immune system.
Given the small number of people that have been affected, the threat to the wider community is low.
Two different respiratory viruses were found to swap proteins when they infected the same cell.
Ebola seems to be able to lay dormant in people for many years before causing disease again.
The Conversation first reported on the novel coronavirus on January 13 2020. A virologist reflects on what happened since he first wrote that article.
It’s the part of coronavirus that helps the virus get into your cells – and also the target of the leading vaccines.
Five respiratory viruses everyone should know about.
An unprecedented level of research has gone into understanding the novel coronavirus. Here’s what we still don’t know.
The virus that caused the original Sars no longer haunts us, but the characteristics of today’s coronavirus mean it’s unlikely to disappear in the same way.
Coronavirus drug trials are underway – a virologist explains what the treatment options may be.
Here’s what protection from coronavirus looks like.
Chinese scientists sequence coronavirus causing pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan. And it’s never been seen before.
Instability in the DRC and Ebola’s deadly properties is making it hard to contain the virus.
Somewhere along our evolutionary path, we lost the ability to defend against hepatitis C. But not all humans lost this ability.
If the past is anything to go by, the DRC will effectively deal with the current Ebola outbreak. But that doesn’t mean we should be complacent.
Why so-called ‘Aussie flu’ probably isn’t from Australia and other things you need to know about the latest influenza outbreak.
Cousin of the Ebola virus, Marburg has the potential to cause devastation.
The final trials of the first effective Ebola vaccine show it’s safe to use against an outbreak.
A Scottish nurse who was “cured” from Ebola is now back in serious condition after the virus appeared to have re-emerged.
The world has been keeping a very close eye on the Ebola virus for nearly a year now following the extraordinarily large outbreak seen in Western Africa, which has so far killed more than 8,000 people…
The world has been warned that the current Ebola epidemic may not end without the use of a vaccine – and no licensed vaccines exist yet. That may soon change, because scientists are making swift progress…
The current West African ebolavirus outbreak, which has now reached more than 1,000 cases and resulted in more than 800 deaths, is a reminder of the often unpredictable nature of viruses and the difficulties…
The US is on the brink of a new virus epidemic; a virus that wasn’t there ten years ago but which is now worrying officials. Chikungunya, which causes an incapacitating fever, is spread via Aedes mosquitoes…
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