Monkeypox, caused by the monkeypox virus—a close cousin of smallpox—has spread rapidly worldwide. From 2022 to 2025, more ...

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox and shingles, while herpes simplex virus (HSV) is responsible for oral and genital herpes. Although current treatments mainly focus on inhibiting viral ...

This color-enhanced Transmission Electron Micrograph (TEM) shows the varicella zoster virus (VZV), a virus in the Herpesviridae family that causes chickenpox in children and shingles (herpes ...

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 ...

A recent study posits that the vaccine for herpes zoster, also known as shingles ... The vaccination directly lowered dementia risk by reducing reactivation of the dormant varicella virus, thereby ...

Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs, according to the Associated Press. It is preventable ...

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 million connections. A neuron extends an axon to make contact with ...

Animal control said there is no cure for the virus within wildlife animals and not every animal seen during the day is sick. They ask anyone who needs assistance to contact the Watertown non ...

First, the shingles vaccines reduce the risk of reactivations of the varicella-zoster virus which causes chicken pox in childhood and remains dormant in nerve cells afterward. The virus can get ...

A new study has found that getting vaccinated against shingles may reduce the risk of developing dementia by 20% over seven years. This conclusion comes from a natural experiment in Wales, where ...