New research highlights a potential link between cold sores caused by HSV-1 and an increased risk of dementia.

Researchers link a virus that may affect as many as 80 percent of Americans to an increased risk for dementia and Alzheimer's ...

differentiation between acute and recurrent infections and type-specific identification of herpes virus infections. As gold standard methods, tube and shell via viral cultures are still applied in ...

The World Health Organization declared smallpox officially eradicated in 1980. The vaccine is no longer administered ...

The varicella-zoster virus can cause chickenpox - a highly contagious illness that leads to blisters and rashes all over your ...

Between 1996 and 2004, the proportion of varicella cases that occurred in vaccinated children increased from 1% to 60%. Disease severity was greater in children vaccinated 5 or more years before ...

Researchers from JNCASR, an autonomous institution of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have identified a new method to understand the virology of monkeypox virus (MPV). The new ...

M-Pox, a viral disease transmitted through close contact, presents flu-like symptoms and lesions. Although typically mild, it can be fatal, particularly in regions with inadequate healthcare.

After small pox was eradicated and vaccinations against the disease came to an end, people in parts of Africa started getting sick with something rarely seen before - mpox. Researchers eventually ...

The 2024 global outbreak saw the disease spread to about 15 countries in Africa ... and are not present in other pox viruses, other pathogens, and the human genome. These characteristics make the GQ ...

A live virus vaccine contains a live, weakened (attenuated) virus that helps your body develop an immune response without you developing symptoms of the disease it is intended to prevent. Examples ...