For many in Congo and elsewhere in Central and West Africa, eating wild meat is a key part of the culture, but it can spread zoonotic diseases.

For many in Congo and elsewhere in Central and West Africa, there is no shame in craving wild meat, a key part of the culture.

A GitHub employee installed a routine VS Code extension update, handed cybercrime group TeamPCP enough access to exfiltrate ...

GitHub confirmed attackers stole 3,800 internal repositories via a poisoned VS Code extension. The same threat group, TeamPCP ...

The Shai-Hulud supply-chain malware campaign is exploiting the automated systems developers trust to publish software safely.

A max-severity vulnerability in the latest Python FastAPI version of the ChromaDB project allows unauthenticated attackers to ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is widespread among wildlife species, according to new research. The virus was detected in six common backyard species, and antibodies indicating prior ...

Three people have died on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, reportedly from hantavirus. The dangerous Andes strain has been confirmed in two cases. What are the symptoms, and how is it transmitted? How ...

A study at Python Cave in Uganda reveals how virus spillover happens when humans ignore safety precautions. Despite the cave being a known reservoir for Marburg virus disease, dozens of visitors ...

Multi-species predation and scavenging at a Marburg-virus bat reservoir. Credit: Current Biology (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.043 Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a severe and often fatal ...

There’s a virus you may have never heard of before that is estimated to infect up to 90 percent of people and lurks quietly in your cells for life—but if it becomes activated, it will destroy your ...

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...