We asked Dr. Alok Patel, part of the ABC7 News team of experts to explain. Coronaviruses get their name from the spikey protein that resembles a crown under a microscope. It's transmitted from person ...

The Human Virome Program will analyze samples from thousands of volunteers in an effort to understand how viruses affect health. By Carl Zimmer The viruses we know best are the ones that make us sick ...

For years, researchers have looked at links between Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and multiple sclerosis (MS). Increasingly, evidence suggests that having EBV may increase the risk of developing MS. About ...

In August 2024, a man from Worcester County was infected with the Eastern equine encephalitis virus, the first human case in Massachusetts since 2020. The virus, also known as Triple E, can severely ...

Smoking, being exposed to toxic chemicals or radiation, and carrying mutations in certain genes are some of the best-known risk factors for cancer. But another cause of cancer isn't discussed as often ...

A 13-year-old girl in British Columbia who was hospitalized with bird flu for several weeks late last year harbored a mutated ...

Distinguishing between self and non-self is a critical ability of the immune system. Some pathogens have evolved proteins that resemble those of their host, a mechanism called molecular mimicry, in an ...

The Maryland Department of Health has confirmed the state's first human case of West Nile virus this year. An adult in Central Maryland tested positive for the virus and is recovering, according to a ...

A research team from Kumamoto University has made a new discovery that reveals how the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) silently persists in the body. Their finding potentially lays the ...

It's technically possible to catch COVID-19 from the dead. Hic locus est ubi mors gaudet vitae succurrere, is a phrase often inscribed on the walls of morgues and autopsy suites. Roughly translated ...