Autumn brings the arrival of cold and flu season to the Bay Area – and with it, higher rates of a contagious stomach bug that’s infamous for causing vomiting and diarrhea. Norovirus, often called the ...

Researchers discovered a hidden molecular “switch” that herpes viruses rely on to invade cells. By combining AI, simulations, and lab experiments, they identified and altered a single amino acid that ...

Ed Hutchinson receives funding from UKRI and the Wellcome Trust. He has unpaid positions on the board of the European Scientific Working group on Influenza, on Virus Division of the Microbiology ...

Cases of a highly contagious stomach virus are on the rise in Illinois and the Midwest, and health officials are warning people to take extra precautions as numbers could be even higher than reported ...

TikTok, X, and Instagram are flooded with videos about a mysterious “2025 throat virus” that’s making everyone sick. The illness causes a host of debilitating symptoms including runny nose, congestion ...

US health officials have issued travel advisories for Americans planning trips to certain tropical countries amid outbreaks of an untreatable mosquito-borne disease. The Centers for Disease Control ...

Scientists have captured a never-before-seen, high-resolution look at influenza’s stealthy invasion of human cells, revealing that the cells aren’t just helpless victims. Using a groundbreaking ...

A nasty, highly contagious virus is spreading across the country ahead of the holiday season — and it’s not the flu or Covid. Norovirus, also called the “winter vomiting disease,” has been rising ...

Ethiopia has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the south of the country, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Saturday. The Marburg virus is ...

Ethiopia confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease after sending samples from a cluster of suspected cases of viral hemorrhagic fever for testing earlier this week. The virus is the same ...

Bird flu is in the midst of a resurgence in the United States, and researchers fear that while the risk to the general public remains low, many could be in the dark regarding its true impact. As The ...

A person living in the suburbs of New York City has tested positive for chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that is more often seen in South America and hasn’t been transmitted on the U.S. mainland in ...