"Finding human antibodies that block Epstein-Barr virus from infecting our immune cells has been particularly challenging ...

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which is the cause of AIDS, is a master of deception, using just nine genes to hijack ...

Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City have identified a link between a protein associated with neurological diseases and the human body’s antiviral response. The ...

A different purpose has attracted attention for treating skin damage rather than simply preventing it. Dermcidin was ...

In a recent study published in the journal PLOS Biology, researchers adapt a strain of human body lice to a membrane feeder to study its infection dynamics with Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of ...

You wake up with a scratchy throat and that vague feeling of unwellness. Is it just allergies? The start of a cold? Or something that might need antibiotics? Knowing the difference between viral and ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United States, with sporadic human cases. We describe characteristics of human ...

Symptoms such as fatigue, loss of appetite, altered sleep, and social withdrawal are often treated as inconvenient side ...

Scientists are on alert for changes in the H5N1 or bird flu virus that could signal it is adapting to spread among humans. The virus has caused serious, sometimes fatal, infections among people and ...

A rare disease spread by body lice poses a danger to people experiencing homelessness and others who have received organ transplants from the infected, according to three papers released Wednesday by ...