Browsing: Virus

After 33 years, Bernardo Quintero decided it was time to find the person who changed his life — the anonymous programmer who created a computer virus…

November 12, 20253 min read’Mono’ Virus May Also Cause LupusEarly findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupusBy Humberto Basilio edited by…

Pierson, T. C. & Diamond, M. S. The continued threat of emerging flaviviruses. Nat. Microbiol. 5, 796–812 (2020).Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Fishburn, A. T.,…

October 29, 20253 min readThis Overlooked Bird Flu Strain Might Be the Next Pandemic RiskExperiments suggests H9N2 has adapted to human cells, but cases of person-to-person…

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02593-9Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway it uses could transform…

Support for this article was provided by the Pulitzer Center.Last month, a parade of vehicles wound its way through three cities in Brazil, releasing clouds of…

September 12, 20253 min readChild’s Death Shows How Measles in the Brain Can Kill Years after an InfectionA child in Los Angeles County has died from…

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week with a quick roundup of some of the…

August 10, 20253 min readHow the New Chikungunya Virus Outbreak in China Could Reach the U.S.Experts say the painful infection, spread to people from mosquitoes, can…