National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya launched a new bi-monthly “Scientific Freedom Lecture” series with a ...

Respiratory virus activity in Iowa for the week of March 8-14 showed notable changes impacting local communities and health services.

The virus often mutates by simply deleting small pieces of its genetic code. The mutations "disguise" the virus from ...

"Cold, flu and COVID may get the most attention, but a lesser-known, highly contagious virus is taking the West Coast by storm. Wastewater SCAN data show that human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, is ...

The question of origins has long bedevilled the study of pandemics. In pre-modern times, outbreaks of infectious disease were ...

Vallejo wastewater shows high levels of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and human metapneumovirus, or HMPV.

In some cases, delaying the age children get an infection for the first time is beneficial, such as for RSV, the cause of bronchiolitis. For others, earlier infection or vaccination (such as for ...

"Falling vaccination rates, inadequate health policy, and a lack of preparedness can trigger a crisis that brings an entire nation to its knees," writes the Governor of Hawaii.

Pulmonary expert Noah Greenspan, DPT, discusses long COVID, early pandemic uncertainty, and how vaccination may help reduce ...

Some respiratory viruses, especially RSV, are seeing a late winter to early spring surge in Wisconsin, public health experts say.

A few days later, he tested positive for COVID-19 — an illness he says he still hasn't fully recovered from five years later. "I still feel like there's phlegm stuck in my lungs," Muñoz said in ...

The COVID-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official U.S. count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparities in the uncounted deaths.