Cases of human metapneumovirus have been rising since fall 2025, with the CDC reporting the virus made up 5% of positive ...

A new year might mean new viral threats. Old viruses are constantly evolving. A warming and increasingly populated planet puts humans in contact with more and different viruses. And increased mobility ...

Cases of a specific respiratory virus are spiking in several states across the U.S. right now. In California, concentrations of HMPV were high in San Francisco, Sacramento, Napa and several other ...

No one likes getting sick. Sore throats, runny noses, headaches, coughs – all common symptoms of a cold or flu – are objectively unpleasant. For most, these respiratory virus infections are no reason ...

Every winter, like clockwork, respiratory viruses spread across the country: respiratory syncytial virus, commonly known as ...

Viruses constantly emerge and evolve, with some posing significant threats to human and animal health, while others remain confined to specific species. A recently identified example of the latter is ...

A virus long thought to be harmless may actually play a role in Parkinson’s disease, a condition that affects more than one million Americans. Northwestern Medicine scientists discovered Human ...

Countries across Asia are increasing airport screenings after Nipah virus cases were detected in India, though officials say the outbreak has been contained. Nipah is a deadly zoonotic virus spread by ...

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 ...