A 42% spike in flu cases in late October pushed health officials to urge New Yorkers to brace for respiratory illness during ...

The NHS has also provided some basic winter health advice. This includes using paracetamol for temperatures caused by coughs, colds, and flu, as well as for pain relief for complaints such as earache, ...

SARS-CoV-2 disrupts cholesterol metabolism by using its ORF3a protein to sequester cholesterol in lysosomes, reducing BMP ...

Bird flu H5N1 has infected people in the U.S. See the map of cases. Could it trigger the next pandemic? Experts explain the ...

Donald Trump selected physician and TV star Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...

With RSV activity continuing to rise above normal levels, Boots has become the first high street pharmacy chain to offer a ...

If you've got a fever, cough, aches and pains, and you're wondering, "What virus got me this time?" Now you can find out, without taking a trip to the doctor.

A preclinical study finds that the COVID-19 virus can trigger the development of an immune cell that can fight cancer.

Young children have seen the highest jump in infections because they had little opportunity to develop immunities before pandemic lockdowns.

With the flu season getting underway, and COVID-19 still circulating, if you get sick you might wonder: 'Which virus got me this time?' Until now, sick people who wanted to get tested had to crawl out ...

As facilities are wrestling with regulatory changes, staffing shortages, and other challenges, this may seem like one more ...

Viruses are lean, mean, infection machines. Their genomes are tiny, limited to a handful of absolutely essential genes, and ...