Learn more about the common cold, the viruses that cause it, and why it’s so difficult to find a vaccine for it.

A “mystery throat virus” is going around, leaving people down and out for the count — and offering no real treatment.

Adenoviruses are a group of common respiratory viruses that can cause severe cold-like symptoms. It can cause illness in ...

Investigators from the laboratory of Derek Walsh, Ph.D., professor of Microbiology-Immunology, have discovered how human ...

Cancer survivors could see the disease return with a vengeance if they contract a common virus, new research suggests. A study, led by scientists from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical ...

Reports of a spike in HMPV cases in China may conjure eerie similarities to the early weeks of COVID-19, but public health experts say there are crucial differences — mainly that HMPV is a common ...

A study published 30 years ago is striking up new conversation about the potential connection between the common cold sore and Alzheimer’s disease. Published in The Lancet in 1997, researchers ...

Certain viruses could make people more susceptible to heart disease, new research suggests. An independent study showed that people who contracted COVID or influenza faced a "dramatically" greater ...

A FLU ‘copy cat’ virus is sweeping through the nation, experts warn. The bug causes similar symptoms to a flu infection, such ...

Washington State University researchers have found a way to modulate a common virus protein to prevent viruses from entering ...