In late 2019, the world witnessed the emergence of one of the most disruptive infectious disease outbreaks in modern history: COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Its rapid spread across ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. ­– When it comes to viruses, it’s long been the case of the naughty kid getting all the attention. For decades, scientists have focused primarily on the viruses that cause human illness, ...

Many people are infected with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and most are unaware of it. However, EBV can sometimes cause cancer, and this pathogen also appears to play an important role in multiple ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists find new compounds that help cells fight viruses by turning on stress defenses. (CREDIT: Kendall Pata, Type A Creative; ...

A research team from Kumamoto University has made a new discovery that reveals how the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) silently persists in the body. Their finding potentially lays the ...

For centuries, the nature of a fever — and whether it's good or bad — has been hotly contested. In ancient Greece, the physician Hippocrates thought that fever had useful qualities, and could cook an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — A leading physician and entrepreneur is raising concerns about how long the Ebola virus can survive in the human ...

Viruses are tiny — and sneaky. So sneaky that some play a deadly game of hide and seek. The "seek" part is all too familiar: They're always looking for ways to infect humans. Their ability to hide is ...

For over a decade, scientists have studied the microbiome, the environment of microorganisms that live on and in the body, and how it affects health and disease. Much less is known about a part of the ...