Covid-19 infections have been strongly linked with cardiovascular conditions like heart disease and stroke, but new research shows that other viral infections such as influenza, HIV, hepatitis C and ...

People may use the term “viral heart disease” to describe viral myocarditis. This refers to when a viral infection causes inflammation of heart muscle tissue. Inflammation is the body’s natural ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising viral shortcut that turns moving cells into delivery vehicles for infection. Instead of spreading one virus at a time, infected cells bundle viral material into ...

You're walking around right now carrying the genetic fingerprints of infections that happened millions of years ago. Deep inside your cells, woven into the very fabric of your DNA, sit sequences that ...

An article published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity reports the findings of a study by researchers based in Brazil, the United States and South Korea who set out to understand how viral ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are a global health problem, with an estimated 70 million chronic infections worldwide, which can lead to hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis of the liver. To ...

You wake up with a scratchy throat and that vague feeling of unwellness. Is it just allergies? The start of a cold? Or something that might need antibiotics? Knowing the difference between viral and ...

A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...

Treatment for viral meningitis can range from rest to hospital care and antiviral medications. Depending on the condition’s severity, recovery may take a few weeks or cause lasting physical and mental ...