A viral disease is any condition that’s caused by a virus. There are several types of viral disease, depending on the underlying virus. We’ll go over some of the main types, including how they ...

Powassan virus can also cause severe disease, including encephalitis or meningitis, or infection of membranes around the brain and spinal cord. These symptoms can include confusion, ...

The virus that causes the disease has been known provisionally as 2019-nCoV. Also on Tuesday, a coronavirus group from the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, ...

Viruses and the disease they cause do not have to have related names — think HIV and AIDS — but more recently those responsible for the formal naming process have kept them associated.

A virus that infects more than 90% of adults and causes the “kissing disease,” or mono, has been linked with the onset of multiple sclerosis in a new study.

The disease is most likely caused by a virus, according to the researchers, who represent a number of institutions, including Cornell University and the University of California, Santa Cruz.

WHO designated COVID-19 as the official name for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus at the center of a global outbreak. Perspective from Amesh A. Adalja, MD The name was selected based on ...

The CDC finds that leishmaniasis, a skin disease spread by sand flies, is spreading at low levels in the southern U.S. It was previously considered a tropical disease only be acquired abroad.

“This is the first study to show that a virus can change the way our diet is seen by the immune system,” Dr. Bana Jabri of the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center and senior author of ...