The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread, according to researchers at ...

A technological revolution is helping Scripps Research scientists see the molecules that undermine human health, from ...

Oregon Health & Science University, in collaboration with Oregon State University, has discovered the structural organization ...

open image in gallery Hantavirus is a virus that spreads through the urine, droppings, or saliva of wild rodents, including deer mice, and can cause serious disease in humans (California ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has listed 1,277 persons for follow-up over the possibility of being infected with Lassa fever. This follows the centre recording 659 ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has identified Ondo, Bauchi and Edo states as the epicentres of the Lassa fever outbreak in the country. Briefing newsmen on Wednesday in ...

Lassa fever is caused by the Lassa virus, first identified in 1969 after two missionary nurses died in the town of Lassa, Borno State, Nigeria. The virus is endemic in parts of West Africa ...

Lassa fever - spread by infected rodents - is tearing through Nigeria, with health authorities issuing 'stay at home' warnings as the virus spreads through dozens of states. In it's most recent ...

Eighteen Nigeria states have recorded at least one confirmed case of Lassa fever shave recorded at least one confirmed case, through it's suspected that the virus has spread to as many as 33 states.

Public health officials in California announced three people have died from hantavirus, the virus linked to the February death of Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa. The deaths occurred in the ...

The link between the virus and disease has opened new ways to consider how MS might be treated. Antiviral drugs are being investigated in clinical trials as possible add-ons to the standard MS ...