A virus that infects nearly all children early in life has, in rare cases, been present within human DNA for thousands of ...

Ancient DNA reveals that childhood viruses lived with humans for thousands of years, reshaping how we understand human and ...

As humans alter the planet’s climate and ecosystems, scientists are looking to Earth’s history to help predict what may unfold from climate change. To this end, massive ice structures like glaciers ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

Researchers studying Caribbean whales and orcas have discovered two new viruses not previously observed in these animals. The ...