Four people have died of West Nile virus so far this year in South Dakota, according to the state health department's dashboard.

Cold sores are small, fluid-filled blisters that appear on or around the lips or nose and are caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV), typically HSV-1 ...

Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells (capsids) ...

Researchers identify LRP8 as the essential receptor for tick-borne encephalitis virus in brain cells, offering new targets ...

A new long-term study into long COVID has investigated how a certain population of white blood cells, called memory T cells, are established and develop as part of the body’s defense to fight off the ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway ...

The risk for West Nile Virus is high in 47 cities and towns in Massachusetts with two more human cases confirmed. Here's where the risk is highest.

A Massachusetts mother has identified her newborn daughter, who has a possible case of Powassan virus, which is under investigation by health officials on Martha's Vineyard. Health officials did not ...

A small study of 156 people with COVID-19 has found that mutations that confer resistance to antiviral drugs were “commonly detected”, especially in immunocompromised patients. The authors stress that ...

Pneumonia is the most common complication of measles — the infection can also lead to bronchitis, laryngitis, and, in very ...

This brings the total number of confirmed human cases in Massachusetts to eight this season, and the risk level for the virus ...

Harvard Medical School affiliated researchers recently revealed a new technique to help doctors detect head and neck cancers ...