In this article, we discuss how viruses spread and how you can protect yourself against infection. How transmission happens Depending on the type of virus, it can be spread through sneezes ...

The CDC released a health alert last week warning travelers about dengue fever, a mosquito-borne virus that can cause serious ...

The new research -- funded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration -- demonstrates that this aging alone may not inactivate the H5N1 bird flu virus. The same team had previously shown that the H5N1 ...

Adults born in Saskatchewan in the 1970s and 1980s should be checking their immunity for the measles virus. Parents in Saskatchewan were only offered one dose of the measles vaccine ...

Infection “resets our immune system and depletes cells that recognize and respond to other pathogens,” Wohl said. No such ...

But in some cases, the virus can migrate to the eye or nervous system, causing severe, chronic symptoms. Now, a study from University of Illinois Chicago researchers finds that herpes infection ...

A Michigan resident has died of rabies after receiving a transplanted organ in Ohio, the State Health Department reported.

This important study shows that the Nora virus, a natural Drosophila pathogen that also persistently infects many laboratory fly stocks, infects intestinal stem cells (ISCs), leading to a shorter life ...

There's a new reason to steer clear of raw cheese: New research shows it can harbor the infectious bird flu virus for months. "There is a risk of infection ... a statement. Checking the product ...