News about an outbreak or mystery virus can trigger fear. Use four questions to assess whether the reports are something to ...

You’ve worked extensively on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza. What are the key differences in how the immune ...

Experts say people should look for a change in the skin as a sign you could have contracted the worrying HMPV infection which is surging in parts of the world. Cases of Human metapneumovirus have ...

HMPV infections are more common in late winter and early spring, similar to other respiratory viruses. Symptoms: HMPV symptoms range from mild to severe, depending on the age and health status of ...

"We show that if you can see where a virus is evolving ahead of time, you can begin to make future-proof vaccines," said first author Noor Youssef, a scientific lead for the Predictive Modeling for ...

A major study presented today at ESCMID Global 2025 has revealed that adults with respiratory syncytial virus-associated acute respiratory infection (RSV-ARI) face a 2.7-fold higher risk of death ...

Oropouche virus was identified in Latin America in the 1950s. In the decades since, official reports in most countries have been limited to just a few cases per year. An international research ...

Her 1999 comic foretold a virus appearing around 2020, strikingly similar to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tatsuki warns of its potential return around 2030, sparking concerns amidst scientific warnings ...

A hospital is desperately trying to trace patients and staff who came into contact with a person infected with mpox after they showed up in A&E. Health ... raised fears the virus could be sweeping ...

Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge has launched an urgent effort to identify patients and staff who might have been exposed to a person with mpox after their visit to the A&E department.