Viral load in COVID-19 infection peaks later now than in the early days of the pandemic, driving implications for rapid testing, researchers say. A paper published in Clinical Infectious Diseases has ...

A new, Yale-led study suggests that a range of respiratory viral infections — including COVID-19 and influenza — may be preventable or treatable with a generic antibiotic that is delivered to the ...

Despite recent advancements, many highly sensitive diagnostic tests for viral diseases still require complicated techniques to prepare a sample or interpret a result, making them impractical for point ...

Getting sick is always uncomfortable and inconvenient. The good news is that you can prevent many common types of illness. Critical role of vaccines in general health Vaccines can help control and ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Kansas have discovered a human gene, the protein PARP14, plays a role in regulating interferon, part of the body's innate immune system. Their study, appearing in the ...

Remnants of ancient viral pandemics in the form of viral DNA sequences embedded in our genomes are still active in healthy people, according to new research my colleagues and I recently published.