Infectious diseases are becoming more frequent, more severe, and harder to control in our closely connected world. Viruses ...

US researchers have developed an antiviral chewing gum using lablab beans that can reduce viral loads of herpes (HSV-1, HSV-2 ...

In today's interconnected world, infectious diseases pose an escalating threat, as demonstrated by the coronavirus pandemic ...

Low vaccination rates for influenza viruses and the lack of an HSV vaccine underscore the need for a new approach to reduce viral transmission. Researchers have now used a clinical-grade antiviral ...

Almost 450 people have died of flu this year in North Carolina, the highest death toll since tracking began in 2008.

Multiple FDA labs were cut amid Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s layoffs this week.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due ...

Common cold symptoms tend to affect the upper airways, like the nose, head, and throat. Learn how symptoms progress with a ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...

There isn’t a quick, one-off cure for a cold. You can do a lot to support healing, though. Here, find out how to self-treat a ...

Antibodies taken from alpacas are to be used in a new pandemic flu drug, in a £33 million project led by AstraZeneca.

The first of a new generation of anti-flu drugs will be made available on the NHS this winter. Relenza can reduce the length and severity of symptoms and will be offered to the elderly and those ...