Most people have the Epstein-Barr (EBV) virus. Sometimes people are unaware of this virus in their body; it settles into immune cells and remains for the duration.

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can cause certain types of cancer or autoimmune diseases, but how the body controls this common viral infection is largely unknown. Researchers at the University Hospital ...

Bangladeshi researchers have uncovered an emerging bat-borne virus in archived throat swabs and viral cultures from five patients initially thought to be infected with Nipah virus (NiV).

Travel advisories have been issued for the Seychelles, Bolivia, Cuba, Suriname and Sri Lanka due to chikungunya outbreaks.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a germ that causes a lifelong infection that slowly weakens the immune system. Though the infection is lifelong, medicines can keep the virus in check and help ...

The varicella-zoster virus causes both chickenpox and shingles infections. Initially, the virus causes a chickenpox infection. If it reactivates later, shingles can develop. The chickenpox vaccine ...

Researchers at Stanford University have created an experimental nasal spray, which could help protect against all kinds of respiratory infections, including the common cold, flu, and serious bacterial ...

Because measles is so contagious, experts say that vaccination rates need to be above about 95 percent to stem the spread of ...

COVID-19 infection prevention measures in NICUs significantly reduced viral HAIs but not bacterial or fungal rates.

For the first time, scientists have been able to watch the flu virus live as it infects human airway cells. They developed a ...

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local ...