There is no cure for the hantavirus that has so far sickened at least nine people and killed three of them on a cruise ship ...

The anti-parasitic drug ivermectin has been at the center of a sustained misinformation campaign by doctors who disagree with the scientific consensus that it is ineffective at treating Covid-19. With ...

But it has been hard to attract interest in medical interventions for viruses that have not been considered a top public ...

As of Thursday, at least six Americans from the hantavirus-infected cruise ship had returned home to four states.

As an Atlantic cruise ship remains isolated off the South African coast due to a deadly hantavirus outbreak, the world ...

Kell calls hantaviruses “wild,” with sporadic outbreaks. Doing a clinical trial on a possible therapy or vaccine for such a ...

A respiratory virus called human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, is spreading across the United States, and doctors are watching it closely. There is no vaccine to prevent it and no specific antiviral ...

Avian influenza can jump species from birds to humans, a fact that arouses concern for serious illness and broader human ...

Cold, flu and COVID may get the most attention, but a lesser-known, highly contagious virus is taking the West Coast by storm. Wastewater SCAN data show that human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, is rampant ...

Scientists are developing all sorts of potential new treatments to tackle the most difficult cancer cases—including some that will make you thankful for the existence of herpes and other viruses.