While we are no strangers to pandemics, medicine is ill-prepared for the rapid increase in bacterial infections that cannot be treated. To prevent the return to the era before penicillin, we must ...

Suresh Mittal, Distinguished Professor of Virology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, will present “Universal Influenza Vaccine — An Aspiration or Reality?” from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at Westwood, the ...

Using genomics, evolutionary biologists test several hypotheses on the origin of viruses. New evidence suggests they may have emerged more times than previously thought. Corroborating the virus-first ...

In 2003, Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus, also known as mimivirus, was the first giant virus to be described. It's larger than many bacteria, and was found in a water sample from a hospital cooling ...

As one of the actions to continue enhancing the intellectual vibrancy of the Purdue West Lafayette campus, President Mung Chiang has resumed the Westwood Lecture Series, an opportunity for Purdue ...

In a recent study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers determined the zoonotic transmission potential of influenza A viruses (IAVs) H3 subtype of avian, equine, and swine origin. H3 ...

This horde of bats could contain possible carriers of the rabies virus, 1972. Most of the recent human rabies cases in the United States have been caused by rabies virus that was transmitted through a ...

GENEVA — An international team that drew up a long-awaited study of the possible origins of covid-19 with Chinese colleagues on Tuesday called it a “first start,” appealing for patience and noting all ...

A declassified report said a clearer answer would require more information from Beijing or new discoveries and reiterated divisions over natural causes vs. a lab leak. By Julian E. Barnes WASHINGTON — ...