It's not COVID-19 or the flu, but a respiratory virus has been hammering Northern California cities, including Sacramento and ...

Scientists at Fred Hutch Cancer Center have reported an important advance in the effort to stop Epstein Barr virus (EBV), a virus believed to infect about 95% of people worldwide. EBV has been linked ...

While current flu shots need to be updated each season, scientists are finding new ways to make vaccine that could last much longer and cover more strains.

The cold season is in full swing, throats are scratchy and noses are running. We feel ill and hope it is not the flu. The ...

Fred Hutch Cancer Center scientists reached a crucial milestone in blocking Epstein Barr virus (EBV), a pathogen estimated to infect 95% of the global population that is linked to multiple types of ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus has infected birds and mammals around the world. As of June 2025, 70 people have been infected, and 1 person has died in the United States. A new analysis suggests that ...

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous member of the Betaherpesvirinae that infects the majority of the human population. Although primary infection is often asymptomatic in immunocompetent ...

The vaccine could replace the need for separate annual jabs for flu, Covid and cold viruses as well as providing defence ...

Distinguishing between self and non-self is a critical ability of the immune system. Some pathogens have evolved proteins that resemble those of their host, a mechanism called molecular mimicry, in an ...

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have traced a deadly cat coronavirus in a way that changes what you think ...

Scientists generally agree that eukaryotes, the domain of life whose cells contain nuclei and that includes almost all multicellular organisms, originated from a process involving the symbiotic union ...