Herpes triggers can include illness, stress, and hormonal changes. After a person is first infected, the herpes virus travels to nerve cells near the spine and stays there. When the virus is ...

DOCTORS are warning parents that 'chickenpox parties' are never a good idea. The gatherings - which aim to expose children to the virus to 'get it over with' - put kids at risk of "serious ...

Canada's food regulator is taking action to prevent the spread of a virus affecting fruit trees after it was detected in the Hamilton and Niagara area for the first time since 2013. On its ...

Vaccination can prevent not only measles infections but also serious complications, public health officials say. Droplets containing the measles virus can stay in the air for several hours, and ...

He said: “Making chickenpox a notifiable disease will help to monitor the impact of any new vaccine programme and looks like the first step in its introduction, so I doubt we will be waiting ...

The 3.0 Å resolution crystal structure of Pariacoto virus (PaV) reveals extensive interactions between portions of the viral RNA genome and the icosahedral capsid. Under the protein shell of the ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A chickenpox outbreak has been reported at Penn State University. University Health Services confirmed three cases of the virus at the University Park campus. Officials say ...

Herpesvirus-encoded microRNAs (v-miRNAs) play a crucial role in modulating host cellular processes to promote viral persistence, immune evasion, and pathogenesis. These v-miRNAs function by targeting ...

The study used a new kind of 3D bioengineered brain model that populated a sponge-like structure ... common virus that had been associated with Alzheimer’s disease – varicella zoster virus ...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has expanded the current regulated area for plum pox virus (PPV) in Ontario's Niagara region to prevent this plant disease from spreading further and to ...

Water lice It is a contagious infectious disease caused by the Varicella Zoster virus (VZV). Infectious disease specialist Valbon Krasniqi spoke about this infectious disease on the podcast "Health ...