Virologists

USF will host the headquarters of the Global Virus Network, and Dr. Robert Gallo will join the medical school's faculty and help develop a nationally competitive virology research program.

What's the risk of contracting a virus from Fido or Kitty? It's not a frivolous question, as one cat-owning virologist at the University of Florida explains. And there's another question: Can you give a virus to your pet?

Policymakers have long grappled with how to handle experiments that might generate potentially dangerous viruses. Now, officials are considering whether oversight needs to be expanded.

The emergence of COVID-19 started scientists on a year-long, crash course to learn how this virus might travel through the air and how to stop it. They learned a lot, and quickly.

Just this month Brazil—the country where experts say the Zika virus first arose— ended its nationwide health emergency related to the virus . The World...