People infected with HIV must take antiretroviral drugs for life. But engineered antibodies appeared to suppress the virus for certain participants in recent trials in Africa and Europe ...

As we get deeper into flu season, a new type of the influenza virus has been identified, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

It's an evolutionary battle, an endless competition for survival, that has spanned millions of years. Within this epic tale ...

A new study led by University of Toronto researchers has shown that immune cells in the gut follow an atypical pathway to produce antibodies that provide long-term protection against viruses.

According to BBC reporting, experts in the U.K. predict the country will have a severe flu season, too, based on an early ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in early infancy may significantly raise the risk of childhood asthma, particularly for children whose parents have asthma or allergy, Belgian and Danish ...

Last year’s outbreaks were the largest in a decade, fueled by an emerging variant of the highly contagious, hard-to-kill ...

Some evidence from large multinational cohorts supports an increased risk for asthma and allergic rhinitis, after SARS-CoV-2 ...

Belgian scientists from VIB and Ghent University (UGent), together with Danish collaborators, have uncovered compelling ...

EBV is a member of the herpesvirus family, the same group responsible for chickenpox and cold sores. It spreads easily ...

Cardiac emergencies are more likely in the weeks after a bout of COVID or flu, while long-lasting viral illnesses like shingles threaten heart health for years. New research concluded that COVID and ...

West Nile virus was detected on the east and west banks of New Orleans amid an active mosquito season that has seen at least ...