Health officials paused a vaccination program in the English city of Coventry today after a 14-year-old girl died a few hours after being vaccinated against the virus...

After nearly two decades of futile searching for a vaccine against the AIDS virus, researchers are reporting the tantalizing discovery of antibodies that can prevent...

I thought long and hard over this one and I can safely say I thought Egypt was flipping out a little when it came to the reaction undertaken towards the whole swine flu...

A preserved specimen of lymph node nearly half a century old has revealed how rapidly the HIV virus has diversified, according to international research.

NASA confirmed that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software.

Scientists have successfully utilised a virus to creat a tiny battery that can power miniature electronic devices used for controlled drug delivery, and tiny...

A virus that takes advantage of other viruses for its own survival has been found by scientists in France

When 18-month-old Adhiraj Chadha developed a runny nose and fever five days ago, his mother Deepa hoped it was yet another viral infection that would go away on its...

Cyber-criminals have attacked key government and consumer websites, allowing them to steal the personal details of anyone browsing the sites, The Times has...

It is a typical day like any other, as you enter every day to your computer to review your box and surprise! have a new mail titled: “… invitation,” the...

MUTATIONS drive evolution. Say you’re born with six toes on each foot around the time that an epidemic of the Five Toed Virus sweeps the planet and wreaks havoc on...

If you have ever had a bug that disables your Task Manager so you can’t close out of anything, this is something you ought to try out. I have actually run into a...

The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has resurfaced in West Bengal, with the latest area to be infected being a small town, Sukna, in the tea-growing hill district of...

Scientists at Yale University have developed a virus to kill another virus, the test was conducted on mice. The researchers used a virus related to rabies called...

Infections are caused by microscopic organisms such as bacteria , viruses and fungi and hence we can’t see them spread .There are billions of harmless micro...