Some viruses that make us sick are cleared by the immune system within days, while others lurk in our bodies for a lifetime ...

Few viruses are as widespread – and sometimes misunderstood – as the human papillomavirus, or HPV. It’s so common that most of us – up to 80% – will encounter it at some point in our lives, often ...

Those who have a specific antibody that is produced following infection from a common virus may be at greater risk of developing certain cancers, a new study from the International Agency for Research ...

A fascinating collaborative study in 2022, between researchers at the University of Oxford and Tufts University, suggested two common viruses could be working in tandem to trigger the earliest stages ...

Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA or RNA. We are still discovering new types of RNA viruses, as shown in two new ...