An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in West Bengal, India, has raised concerns in Asia, leading some countries to increase airport screening. Five cases of the virus, first identified in 1999 after ...

Lab–grown life has taken a major leap forward as scientists use AI to create a new virus that has never been seen before. The virus, dubbed Evo–Φ2147, was created by scientists from scratch using new ...

Xia Xian, a virologist who was formerly a project scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, has left the United States to take up a position studying highly pathogenic viruses – those ...

An outbreak of the highly fatal Nipah virus in India’s eastern state of West Bengal has sparked widespread attention and public concern in China ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday when millions will ...

The WHO classifies Nipah as a priority pathogen because of a lack of licensed vaccines or treatments.(REUTERS File Photo) A surge in the lethal Nipah virus in India has triggered high-level alerts ...

This interaction shows what happens when scammers target the wrong person. While following his script, the scammer failed to notice his system being compromised. Once the virus took effect, everything ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A suspected exposure to a lethal hemorrhagic fever virus triggered emergency protocols at a US high-security laboratory, officials have confirmed. The incident occurred at Rocky Mountain Laboratories ...