Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

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For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels.

Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species, and ...

Virus–host interactions are the viral and host processes that occur during viral infection, which enable both partners to respond to each other. HCMV infection can become productive or latent. Here ...