Early-life RSV infection and parental allergy interact to substantially increase childhood asthma risk, supported by ...

The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes.

You wake up with a scratchy throat and that vague feeling of unwellness. Is it just allergies? The start of a cold? Or something that might need antibiotics? Knowing the difference between viral and ...

An infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) typically affects infants much harder than adults. While adults usually ...

A common childhood viral infection, the BK virus, has been linked to deadly bladder cancer in a UK father of two following a ...

So, whenever a child falls sick with a viral infection, parents get anxious and try doing everything to reduce the fever or ...

Missouri, health experts typically expect an increase in seasonal illnesses. But so far, influenza activity across the region ...

Viruses and their hosts—whether bacteria, animals, or humans—are locked in a constant evolutionary arms race. Cells evolve ...

Immune cells in the gut follow an atypical pathway to produce antibodies that provide long-term protection against viruses, according to a new study ...