NU-9 targets a shared underlying mechanism found in various neurodegenerative diseases. A new study from Northwestern ...

Three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease have been reported in Hood River County, Oregon, including two deaths. The CDC and state health officials are now investigating the rare brain disorder, which ...

Researchers have isolated a giant virus, which was named Jyvaskylavirus. The discovery shows that giant viruses are more common in northern regions than researchers have thought. It also illustrates ...

For the first time in Finland, researchers at the Nanoscience Center in University of Jyväskylä, Finland, have isolated a ...

We've rounded up some of the most often repeated science myths and misconceptions to set the record straight and put you in ...

Why bats can harbor viruses like hantavirus and coronavirus—pathogens that are highly dangerous to humans—without becoming ...

Enteroviruses are a group of viruses that cause everything from the common cold to meningitis, polio, type 1 diabetes, and ...

Virginia Tech researchers seek to understand the environmental factors that influence the distribution of hantavirus in rodent populations across the United States.

The U.S. capacity to battle hepatitis B and C has been leveled a devastating blow with the recent closure of the CDC’s ...

It's vital to know the symptoms of Lyme disease so it can be caught and treated early - here's how to spot ticks and the ...

Virginia is one of three states that are hotspots for a deadly virus circulating in wildlife, and it can also be fatal in ...

A new study from Mass General Brigham (MGB), which identified 17 shared risk factors all linked to stroke, dementia and ...