Hantavirus is serious, but should you really be worried? That depends on how much you've been exposed to rodents recently.

Dry cabin air, exposure to germs and long hours at high altitudes — how do you prevent getting sick while flying? We asked a flight attendant for her best advice.

What if a cling wrap could fight disease? A newly developed plastic film has successfully killed viruses on contact. The material could be easily mass-produced and doesn’t have to be reapplied. In the ...

As bird flu continues to circulate in animals and spill over into humans, researchers are racing to stop it before it adapts to spread widely between people. A new nasal spray vaccine showed strong ...

Beyond infectious disease prevention, the controllable PTC virus is adapted as a cancer vaccine platform through the chimeric antigen peptide (CAP) Flu system, which combines tumor-associated antigens ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that high-frequency ultrasound waves similar to those used in medical exams can eliminate viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H1N1 ...

The deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has put citizens and health authorities on high alert. Experts believe a few passengers were infected with the Andes strain of ...

Researchers don't know how the findings might overlap with real-world settings. But the findings suggest that we're most ...

Researchers have developed an acrylic film with nanopillars that physically rupture viruses on contact, eliminating the need for chemical disinfectants. Tested against human parainfluenza virus 3, the ...

A new study will explore the effects of a nasal spray flu vaccine on children's immune systems, aiming to boost future protection and lower vaccine hesitancy rates. The study, led by Murdoch ...