--- title: viruses | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/viruses/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/viruses/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # viruses ## viruses *  Jun 24, 2026 ## [A New $500 Million Fund Is Trying to Eliminate the Common Cold](https://time.com/article/2026/06/24/500-million-intercept-fund-eliminate-common-cold/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Veronique Greenwood *  Oct 9, 2019 ## [The Toll Mounts From 'The New Polio'](https://time.com/5691114/afm-death-toll-mystery/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Jeffrey Kluger *  Jun 22, 2017 ## [Bats Are the Number-One Carriers of Disease](https://time.com/4827511/bats-viruses-diseases-pandemic/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Apr 13, 2017 ## [Here’s Another Way CRISPR Is Changing Medicine](https://time.com/4738369/crispr-gene-editing/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Jul 6, 2016 ## [Do You Really Need Antibiotics? This Test Can Tell](https://time.com/4393916/antibiotics-cold-flu-symptoms-drug-resistant/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Jun 21, 2016 ## [Mosquito Bite Itchiness Helps Viruses Spread](https://time.com/4376357/mosquito-bites-itchy-virus-disease/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Mar 24, 2016 ## [5 Mysterious Diseases You Should Know About](https://time.com/4268606/mysterious-diseases-zika/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Aug 31, 2015 ## [Lack of Sleep Makes a Cold More Likely](https://time.com/4017664/sleep-virus/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Mandy Oaklander *  Jun 30, 2015 ## [Why Jerry Brown Was Right to Sign the California Vaccine Bill](https://time.com/3939750/jerry-brown-vaccines-california/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Jeffrey Kluger *  Jun 6, 2015 ## [This Blood Test Can Detect Every Virus You've Ever Had](https://time.com/3911629/blood-test-virus/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Josh Sanburn *  Dec 18, 2014 ## [Here's How Hugs Can Prevent the Flu](https://time.com/3639908/heres-how-hugs-can-prevent-the-flu/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Mandy Oaklander *  Oct 21, 2014 ## [Ebola Isn't Really a Threat to the U.S.](https://time.com/3525385/ebola-threat-us-cdc/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Bryan Walsh *  Aug 14, 2014 ## [Getting Sick From Planes Is Way Less Likely Than You Think](https://time.com/3111736/sick-airplanes-ebola/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Bill Saporito *  Mar 7, 2014 ## [10 Science Myths That Won't Go Away](https://time.com/15628/top-10-science-myths/) [SCIENCE](/section/science/) by Jeffrey Kluger ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/viruses/","name":"viruses"}}]}] ```