Today on Vital Signs, we’re talking about HIV awareness and Pediatric HIV — understanding how the virus affects both adults and children, the importance of earl ...

Flu, COVID-19, the common cold and RSV have similarities, but they differ in their severity, contagiousness and symptoms.

In the 19th century, virology emerged as a field of science that studied minuscule agents capable of causing infections in plants and animals. 1 It is regarded as a branch of microbiology that ...

Oct. 3, 2024 -- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is often thought of as a childhood illness, but it poses a significant threat to older adults as well. According to the CDC, RSV infected ...

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua Modell of ...

Tick-borne viruses are becoming an increasingly common problem because of rising temperatures and changing climates that are creating ideal environments for the arachnids to thrive, and scientists ...