Shingles can be a very painful experience that affects around one in four adults in their lifetime. The infection, also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the varicella-zoster virus which also ...

Chikungunya (CHIKV) spreads to humans through the bites of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. A person becomes ...

Stanford Medicine researchers linked lupus to the Epstein-Barr virus, indicating a potential breakthrough in understanding ...

The cause of lupus has eluded medical researchers for decades. But this week a team of Stanford Medicine researchers claim ...

TAMPA, Fla. — 'Tis the season... for increased sickness. The winter and holiday season is typically when more people get sick, particularly with respiratory viruses such as the flu, RSV and COVID-19.

The Zika virus has plagued humans since its identification in 1947, but now, scientists are harnessing its ability to damage cells to fight a different foe: cancer. In a new study published Jan. 9 in ...

Outbreaks of the highly contagious stomach virus are more than double what they were last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her ...

Researchers used a bacteriophage, a bacteria-killing virus found in a pond, to cure a Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection a patient contracted in his chest after open heart surgery, according to a case ...

Here is all about common throat infections in winter, their early signs, causes, and simple home remedies to soothe a sore ...