These include vaccines for influenza, COVID-19, pneumococcal pneumonia, hepatitis B, shingles, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and tetanus. Others may be given without cost-sharing if they are ...

Virus–host interactions are the viral and host processes that occur during viral infection, which enable both partners to respond to each other. Viral RNA and protein are found to persist in ...

A tetanus booster shot is typically recommended every 10 years for continued protection. The first DTaP shot (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) is given at 6 weeks to 2 months of age, with three ...

An effective malware removal tool is essential to deal with today's threat landscape. According to computer science researcher Aviel D. Rubin, "People's computers are not getting more secure.

“You tend to have one or the other virus predominant at any given time,” said Anice Lowen, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the Emory University School of Medicine. Here’s what ...

Rwanda is facing its first ever Marburg virus outbreak. Beginning in late September, 62 cases and 15 deaths had been reported by 17 October, mostly among healthcare workers in Kigali, the capital ...

A new, more infectious strain of the potentially deadly mpox virus has been found in Germany for the first time, health chiefs in the country have said. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany's ...

The virus, which is transmitted via insect bite, seems to be reaching new areas, undergoing genetic changes, and may harm fetuses. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology ...

She also specializes in professional staff development. Chickenpox (varicella-zoster) is a highly contagious virus that causes flu-like symptoms and an itchy rash that turns into blisters that ...

Mr. Quammen is the author of “Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus.” Health officials would like to remind you that we are entering that time of the year still quaintly ...

Ebola virus disease is a rare but often deadly condition that causes fever, body aches, diarrhea, and sometimes bleeding inside and outside the body. It's caused by viruses commonly called Ebola ...