The cold sore-causing Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) hijacks human cells and reconfigures its DNA within just an hour after infection, according to a new study that may help tackle the pathogen ...

About 13% of the 🌐 population aged 15 to 49 lived with #herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection in 2016. HSV-2 is almost exclusively sexually transmitted, causing genital herpes.

There's newfound attention on Alaskapox after it recently killed an elderly man in Alaska — the first known fatality from the virus. Here's what to know about symptoms, how it spreads and more.

National University of Singapore. "Hijacking of plasmin by dengue virus for infection." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 3 February 2025. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 02 / 250203142515.htm>.

The COVID-19 virus can persist in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after the acute phase of the illness has ended, according to new research from UC San Francisco that offers ...

Do Influenza Vaccines Cover A and B? The best way to protect yourself against both types of seasonal flu and reduce an infection's severity is to get vaccinated. "Seasonal flu vaccines are ...

Investigators found long-lasting immune activation months and even years after infection. And, even more concerning, they report what looked like lingering SARS-CoV-2 virus in participants’ guts.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections are estimated to cause 3.6 million hospitalizations annually and 97,200 to 124,900 deaths among children 5 years of age or younger worldwide, primarily ...