Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has been hitting the headlines recently as one of the lesser-known winter illnesses that can ...

COVID-19, influenza, RSV, and norovirus—have created what experts are calling a "quad-demic" in the U.S. Here's what to know ...

You, my friend, are what scientists call a "holobiont"- an organism made up of human cells and the multiplicity of ...

Bird flu has been making the rounds in the United States over the last year and appears to be resurging again. Here’s what ...

As the seasonal flu picks up, there are even more opportunities for the bird flu to acquire mutations as the different influenza viruses mix. A 13-year-old girl in British Columbia who was ...

An uptick of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) cases in China has raised concerns over another pandemic, which appear to be unfounded ...

Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical ...

Public health officials have warned that new mutations of bird flu with human flu could have dangerous consequences.

Although similar in name and in the formation of a rash, blisters, and scabs, variola belongs to a different virus family than the virus that causes the common childhood illness chicken pox. Variola ...