At least 930 people have died in Congo's Ebola outbreak
At least 930 people have died in Congo's Ebola outbreak, the country's Ministry of Health said.
Jul 20, 2026
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Disease or Syndrome: Viral Infections
Medical news and research articles
Fast, simple method can detect key immunity biomarker in blood
Researchers at St. Petersburg University have developed an efficient way to detect a crucial immunity biomarker—neopterin—in the blood using nanotechnology and a laser. Neopterin is a nucleotide whose blood levels rise sharply ...
Feb 16, 2026
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Should you really 'feed a cold and starve a fever?'
The advice is literally centuries old: Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Jan 8, 2026
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Some acute and chronic viral infections may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease
In the weeks following a bout of influenza or COVID, the risk of heart attack or stroke may rise dramatically, and chronic infections such as HIV may increase the long-term risk of serious cardiovascular disease events, according ...
Oct 29, 2025
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Study finds living in rural environments in first 5 years of life could be a risk factor for developing type 1 diabetes
New research to be presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, Austria (15–19 September) suggests that living in a rural environment in the first five years ...
Aug 1, 2025
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Spit or swallow? What's the best way to deal with phlegm?
In 1821, French physician René Laennec wrote, "A spitting pot I consider as an essential part of the bedroom apparatus." Laennec, who invented the stethoscope, spent his days gazing at his patients' phlegm. In the days before ...
Jun 8, 2025
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Turning up the heat helps animals fight germs—how Mother Nature's cure offers humans a lesson on fever
Why do people get fevers when we get sick?
May 23, 2025
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Discovery of metabolic link to immune protein suppression offers new therapeutic avenues
Not long after a threatening organism enters our bodies, our immune system springs into action and starts producing proteins known as type one interferons (IFN-I), which fight viruses and cancer, while also playing pathogenic ...
Mar 12, 2025
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Boston surgeons successfully transplant pig kidney in fourth patient
Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S.
Feb 10, 2025
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Ventilation in hospitals could cause viruses to spread further, study suggests
Increased use of ventilation and air cleaners, designed to mitigate the spread of viral infections in hospitals, is likely to have unpredictable effects and may cause viral particles to move around more, according to a new ...
Jan 30, 2025
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