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By Michael Scaturro A proposed federal policy aims to protect older Americans from contracting HIV by offering free preventive medication, the latest effort to catch up to much of…

Researchers at Tulane University have shown for the first time that mothers are much less likely to transmit a common virus known to cause miscarriages and birth defects if they are exposed…

By Online Desk Contrary to fears that the undetected case of Nipah infection last month may have led to uncontrolled proliferation of the virus, no new cases have…

The Asian tiger mosquito may be considered a small but mighty coloniser. Despite only measuring around 3mm, this invasive species has managed to spread across most of mainland…

PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- It’s been known since the 1960s that Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) causes a variety of cancers, but research has overwhelmingly focused on…

A doctor is injecting a vaccine to a baby boyKarl Tapales | Moment | Getty ImagesSanofi expects its infant RSV shot to roll out in the U.S. before respiratory virus season this fall, a…

Panosian Dunavan is an…

A man dubbed the "Geneva patient" is the latest person with HIV to be declared in long-term remission -- however he did not receive a transplant with a virus-blocking gene…

University of Pittsburgh researchers have shown for the first time how Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), which causes an aggressive skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma, initiates DNA…

Griffith University researchers have played a key role in using DNA 'origami' templates to control the way viruses are assembled. The global team behind the research, published in Nature…