The hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes severe liver inflammation. A research team from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and ...

A long-lasting formulation of an antiviral drug greatly reduced people’s risk of a symptomatic flu infection in a trial, and ...

The hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes severe liver inflammation. A research team from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and ...

A strategy that analyzes the structural properties of RNA could help identify regions that are promising targets for antiviral drugs.

Antiviral drugs often work by preventing the virus from attaching to or entering the host cell, or by obstructing its replication once it’s in there. The drug remdesivir, ...

The expensive medication does little to prevent hospitalisation or death for people who are vaccinated against the virus, a ...

The approval could slow new infections and move the world closer to eliminating HIV. But huge obstacles remain.

"All influenza antiviral drugs exert a selective pressure on viruses, which can result in the emergence of drug-resistant variants," Monto and team explained. Still, ...

More information: Alina Renz et al, Metabolic modeling elucidates phenformin and atpenin A5 as broad-spectrum antiviral drugs against RNA viruses, Communications Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1038 ...