Don't just assume symptoms like nausea and vomiting are a stomach bug. It could also be this nightmare illness.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Breast cancer patients who have been in remission for years or even decades may still need to be cautious about respiratory infections. Some common viruses may re-awaken a very small number of dormant ...

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

The new “mystery throat virus” can spread through the respiratory tract, shed through stool, and live a while on contaminated ...

Investigators from the laboratory of Derek Walsh, Ph.D., professor of Microbiology-Immunology, have discovered how human cytomegalovirus rewires intracellular mechanisms to control the movement of the ...

A long-term dementia care ward saw an outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus that infected 73 percent of patients, showing the challenges inherent in preventing the spread ...