A common virus that infects most people can trigger the chronic immune system condition lupus, according to a new study. Nearly 5 million people worldwide suffer from the autoimmune disease in which a ...

Talk about a sore subject. New research suggests that a common viral infection lurking in as many as 8 out of 10 Americans could increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. But there’s a glimmer of hope ...

The common cold is so ubiquitous that it feels like background noise, yet for a subset of people it is a wrecking ball that triggers weeks of misery or even dangerous complications. The same ...

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is so common that most people pick it up at some point, often as “mono,” and then forget about ...

A major scientific breakthrough has identified the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as the leading cause of multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic inflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people ...

About 5 million people worldwide live with the autoimmune condition lupus. This condition can cause a range of symptoms, including tiredness, fever, joint pain and a characteristic butterfly-shaped ...

A study published 30 years ago is striking up new conversation about the potential connection between the common cold sore and Alzheimer’s disease. Published in The Lancet in 1997, researchers ...

Researchers say they found that infection with a common virus that can be transmitted from mother to fetus before birth significantly worsens an often-fatal complication of premature birth called ...

New research has suggested that a virus that has typically been thought of as common and harmless may actually be associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease. This study, which has been ...