A healthy chickpea plant (a116, left) compared to an infected plant (a115, right) Dr. Björn Krenz, head of the Plant Virus Department at t ...

Scientists are studying the vaginal microbiome in populations all around the world to see how it might differ in different ...

Read on to learn about the different types of flu. Flu, or influenza, is a contagious respiratory infection caused by various flu viruses. Symptoms include muscle aches and soreness, headache ...

However, because it shares similar symptoms with other respiratory viruses such as Covid-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), it can cause confusion. Though all of these viruses ...

Public health officials are warning that the U.S. could be facing a “quademic” — the convergence of four miserable viruses that can make people sick circulating at the same time. In the UK, they’re ...

Four viruses are circulating in the U.S., sparking concerns of a possible "quademic." Influenza, COVID-19, RSV and norovirus are all at "very high levels" around the country, according to Samuel ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

The advance, described Jan. 20 in Cell, brings scientists a step closer to developing much-needed medicines.Currently, there are no vaccines to prevent or mitigate infection with the Nipah virus ...

A great microscopic battle is brewing: bacteria-eating viruses against antibiotic-resistant superbugs. The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified resistance to these drugs as “one of the ...

But winter’s scents aren’t the only things being spread. Winter also marks the height of the respiratory virus season, a period of sniffles, sneezes, congestion, fever and other maladies brought about ...

Dr. Emil Prikryl, with NLHS, says influenza, COVID-19, RSV and whooping cough are all making people sick this season. (Shutterstock/SpeedKingz) People across ...