A tick capable of making its victims allergic to meat and dairy (among other items) and spreading a virus that has no known ...

As cases of Andes hantavirus linked to a cruise ship outbreak go up, do you need to worry about a possible lockdown? Here’s ...

Most hantaviruses are not known to spread between people. Andes virus is the exception. After the initial spillover from ...

The virus behind glandular fever, also known as mononucleosis or kissing disease, seems to infect and reprogram immune cells in the body, priming some people to develop the autoimmune condition lupus.

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The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a major source of cancer that’s now almost entirely preventable through vaccination. But sobering research out today shows that Americans are largely in the dark ...

It took just 48 hours for Ben Lopman’s 18-month-old son to go from being an energetic toddler to totally listless ...

Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus. It usually transmits from animals to humans, though it can also spread between people or through contact with food containing the virus. Currently, human cases of ...

A study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal has identified that the vast majority of neonatal (newborn infant ...