Antiviral drugs can be used to block the herpes virus’s ability to make copies of itself, bringing the infection under control faster. Most cases of oral herpes are caused by herpes simplex virus type ...

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 ...

Warning: Some of the following images are of genital areas. Early Signs of Herpes Both herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) stay with you forever, once you're ...

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 ...

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 ...

A herpes or HIV virus delivers its genome in the host cell nucleus through the nuclear pore complex. This delivery is essential for the virus to launch its genetic program, hijack the cell's ...

The drug is a weakened form of the cold sore virus - herpes simplex - that has been modified to kill tumours. Larger and longer studies will be needed, but experts say the injection might ...

++:full cleavage (no residual substrate DNA on agarose gel), +: partial cleavage (some residual substrate DNA on agarose gel), -: no cleavage, *: non-coding region We also transduced HFFs with ...