There’s a virus you may have never heard of before that is estimated to infect up to 90 percent of people and lurks quietly in your cells for life—but if it becomes activated, it will destroy your ...

A recent case study found a possible new trigger for a dangerous, and sometimes fatal, virus that could be laying dormant in ...

Scientists have developed a genetically engineered virus that triggers the immune system to hunt and destroy glioblastoma ...

New research utilizing advanced brain imaging techniques reveals that SARS-CoV-2 infection may induce lasting changes in the brain, even in individuals who feel fully recovered. The study identified ...

Scientists have found a way to make one of the most aggressive brain tumors vulnerable to the immune system. A single injection of a modified virus can invade glioblastoma, kill cancer cells, and ...

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare but serious brain infection. It gradually destroys brain tissue and often leads to death within a few weeks. It is triggered by human ...

Nipah virus infection is a rare yet highly dangerous disease that first came to light during an outbreak in Malaysia in 1998.

Spring breakers and summer vacationers, pack some extra bug spray. The CDC updated warnings for travelers this week, ...

Neurons that fire together really do wire together, says a new study in Science, suggesting that the three-pound computer in our heads may be more malleable than we think. In the latest issue of ...

As sniffle season sets in, sinus infections are among the most common illnesses seen in doctors’ offices. For most people, they’re nothing more than an inconvenience and a few days of congestion, but, ...

"...and the final days of humanity were marked - not with a bang, nor a whimper - but with plaintive cries by people who no longer could even ask 'Where am I...?' but ...