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 ...

University of Bristol provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Few viruses are as widespread – and sometimes misunderstood – as the human papillomavirus, or HPV. It’s so common ...

This informational guide, part of PS's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to help.

Influenza remains a significant global health burden, causing millions of visits and tens of thousands of deaths in the U.S. annually. The virus evolves constantly through antigenic drift and shift, ...

Find out how different vaccines for the coronavirus cause your body to create antibodies that fight the virus.

Scientists are racing to understand exactly how SARS-CoV-2 spreads, to help prevent transmission and develop a vaccine. While it is known that SARS-CoV-2 uses a similar mechanism to infect human cells ...

Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (MA, USA) have used existing data on RNA expression to identify which cell types express the two proteins that allow the SARS-CoV-2 virus to ...

It's important to know the signs of a virus, so that you can act quickly to get rid of any malware and stay safe in future. A virus is a type of malicious software, or malware, that can replicate ...