The word 'virus' gets tossed around a lot. Here's what actually counts, what to watch for, and how to stay two clicks ahead A computer virus is a type of program that, much like a regular virus, ...

Study findings explain why pandemics spread faster than detection efforts, based on U.S. data from H1N1 and COVID-19.

Since the rise of the internet and social media, society has become well-acquainted with the idea of "virality" as the rapid spread of ideas and information (or misinformation). The relatively recent ...

Ramy Inocencio is a CBS News foreign correspondent based in London, covering Europe and the Middle East. He joined the Network in 2019 as CBS News' Asia correspondent, based in Beijing and reporting ...

Viruses like the flu may spread around the body by hijacking the “footprint of death” left behind by self-destructing cells. This discovery out of La Trobe University and the Walter and Eliza Hall ...