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Over the weekend, health officials in Spain reportedly informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of a possible human case ...

Chewing gum made from beans has been shown to reduce the viral load of some strains of herpes and influenza, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.

The World Health Organization warned in its latest report from the 44th meeting of the Polio Emergency Committee that transmission of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) continues in Afghanistan ...

A swine flu case in Spain with no pig exposure has raised questions about how the virus spread and triggered international health monitoring.

Oropouche virus (OROV) was first identified in a human patient in 1955 in a fevered charcoal worker on Trinidad, a Caribbean island. Since that discovery, about 500,000 cases have been confirmed, ...

Is the fear justified? Separate viral myths from medical facts. Learn how Nipah actually spreads and how to stay safe with expert insights.

With the current quad-demic, there are precautions that you can take. For example, after respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases jumped in December 2024, the New York City Health Department suggested ...

Denmark becomes the first EU country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis through nationwide ...

Viruses such as human norovirus can travel in vesicles, small fluid-filled sacs that are like shipping containers for cells.