If everyone you know seems to have the flu, there is a reason for that: Influenza climbed to unusually high levels across the country, thanks to a flu strain that caught us off guard. There have ...

Study uncovers key insights about how a new class of antiviral drugs works. Cryo-EM images showed the drugs bound to herpes simplex virus (HSV) protein at nearly atomic detail, while optical tweezers ...

FOR THE RECORD, WE WANT TO TALK NOW ABOUT ANTIVIRALS. IT’S SOMETHING MANY OF US HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN ILLNESS STRIKES US OR OUR FAMILIES, OUR KRISTEN POWERS SPEAKS WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT ...

As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus's threat to human health. The virus has been found in dairy cows' milk and has infected farm ...

Cryo-EM images show drugs bound to herpes simplex virus protein at nearly atomic detail, while optical tweezer experiments show how the drug-bound protein behaves in real time. Harvard Medical School ...

Existing antivirals may be less effective against this H5N1 bird flu strain, and prevention measures, such as avoiding raw milk consumption and reducing exposure in dairy workers, may be the most ...

Many known viruses pose a continuing threat to public health, and we are constantly dealing with the possibility that new viruses could emerge to cause more health problems. We also seem to lack a ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: What is the difference between antibiotics and antivirals? -- A.T.G. ANSWER: Antibiotics are an effective treatment for bacteria. Some antibiotics are very broad, meaning that they can ...

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