The virus can cause respiratory illness in people of all ages, especially young children, older adults and the ...

Currently there is no vaccine to prevent this virus and no specific antiviral therapy to treat HMPV, according to the CDC.

Human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, is circulating in California. Learn what it is, symptoms, and how to prevent it.

It's not always easy to spot, for starters.

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the host's cellular machinery to make new copies of themselves. Herpes simplex ...

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, one of the body's ways of stopping viruses in their tracks, according to new ...

Black cats may be considered bad luck in many Western societies, however, one such sooty feline has brought good fortune to a team of scientists, playing a pivotal role in discovering a new virus ...

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal ...

Human noroviruses, GII.4 strains in particular, are the chief drivers of acute viral gastroenteritis around the world, a condition for which there are no vaccines or antivirals. Understanding how ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. — Health officials in ...

Sanitation testing finds concentrations of the virus in Sacramento and Davis, along with Bay Area communities.