For over three decades, HIV has played an elaborate game of hide-and-seek with researchers, making treating—and possibly even ...

The influenza virus frequently changes its surface proteins, making lifelong immunity impossible. Annual flu shots remain essential to protect against evolving strains and reduce illness severity.

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from the Pasteur Institute and the University of Lorraine, France, have uncovered ...

In the 2025 sequel to 28 Days Later (2002), titled 28 Years Later, we witness the consequences of the rage virus, and it is ...

Diagnoses for several cancers before age 50 have been increasing rapidly since the 1990s. Scientists don’t know why, but they have a few suspects.

Bird flu is nothing new. The virus was first detected in Chinese poultry in 1996 and began spreading through wild bird populations in the mid-2000s. But by 2020, things had taken a more serious turn.

Serious infections with influenza A viruses are characterized by an excessive immune response, known as cytokine storm. It was previously unclear why some virus strains trigger these storms, while ...

Researchers discovered Human Pegivirus in brain tissue from five of ten Parkinson's patients, suggesting the virus may play a ...

On Sept. 4, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is scheduled to testify before the Senate Finance Committee, where he is expected to face questions about his vaccine ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. canceled $500 million of funding for research on mRNA vaccine technology. He's seen here at a Sept. 4, 2025, hearing before the Senate Finance ...

At a Sept. 4, 2025, hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced heated questions from numerous senators about his vaccine policies, ...

A total lunar eclipse, also known as a blood moon, will occur Sept. 7-8. The September lunar eclipse will be the last of the year. The next lunar eclipse visible from North America will not be until ...