The common cold is so ubiquitous that it feels like background noise, yet for a subset of people it is a wrecking ball that ...

Scientists have identified 22 genes that explain why one common virus leaves many people unharmed but puts others at risk of ...

A new study reveals how Epstein-Barr virus may provoke immune cells to attack the brain, offering fresh hope for treating ...

Who knows why different people have different symptoms with the common cold? Well, a new study used laboratory-grown noses ...

Certain viruses could make people more susceptible to heart disease, new research suggests. An independent study showed that people who contracted COVID or influenza faced a "dramatically" greater ...

A common cold affects people differently. While some suffer from mild symptoms, for others, it can be life-threatening. A new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Mama, I just threw up,” my 8-year-old son recently told me. He had just gotten over a stomach virus a few months prior, so I was ...

A common virus that infects most people can trigger the chronic immune system condition lupus, according to a new study. Nearly 5 million people worldwide suffer from the autoimmune disease in which a ...

Respiratory viruses are usually most active from October through March, health officials say.

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A mum was told her toddler was “absolutely fine” just days before she passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest triggered ...