The virus is the human polyomavirus 2, commonly called either the JC virus or John Cunningham virus, named after the poor ...

Scientists have found a way to make one of the most aggressive brain tumors vulnerable to the immune system. A single injection of a modified virus can invade glioblastoma, kill cancer cells, and ...

The confirmation by public health officials that people in Guilford and Randolph counties may have been exposed to someone infected with measles highlights the extra clinics that ...

A respiratory virus without a specific treatment or vaccine is surging in several states across the U.S. Here's what we know ...

State health officials are recommending preventive child immunizations to prevent respiratory viruses in infants and young ...

Air and surface testing in live poultry markets detects dangerous viruses earlier than testing birds alone, improving ...

Around 70,000 people die each year from infections with the hepatitis E virus. There is currently neither a vaccine nor a ...

The rise in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases in the US has health authorities on alert.

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Tragic meningitis teen Juliette Kenny was 'fit, healthy and strong' when she sadly died just hours after being admitted to ...

Oregon health officials on Thursday said that people who visited a Salem hospital and medical office this past week may have ...

Cases of a specific respiratory virus are spiking in several states across the U.S. right now. In California, concentrations of HMPV were high in San Francisco, Sacramento, Napa and several other ...