Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, occurs when the dormant chickenpox virus (varicella zoster) is reactivated in your nerve tissue. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Shingles without a rash is called zoster sine herpete (ZSH) or internal shingles. This type of shingles is rare since most people with shingles develop a telltale rash on one side of their body. ZSH ...

That makes it difficult for your body to develop immunities. Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. If you have chickenpox, you can spread it for a day or two before you get the ...

Virus–host interactions are the viral and host processes that occur during viral infection, which enable both partners to respond to each other. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) hijacks host L1 ...

U.S. health officials are warning travelers about a potentially deadly insect-borne virus known as sloth fever that has infected 21 U.S. residents returning from Cuba and thousands more in South ...

More than 8,000 cases of Oropouche virus have been reported this year as of August 1. Most have been in South America, but infections are also spreading in countries where it hasn’t been seen ...

A variant of the rustrela virus-- related to the wider-known rubella virus which causes a skin rash in humans -- called RusV was discovered in a female mountain lion in Douglas County, Colorado ...

A rare but potentially lethal mosquito-borne virus has prompted nearly a dozen towns in the US to close public parks at night and restrict outdoor activities, when mosquitoes are most active.

A mutation on the spike protein of the virus that causes COVID-19 could help it infect the brain by forcing it to use a cellular "back door." SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 ...

Update: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 27 August that more than 20 US travelers returning from Cuba have been identified as having Oropouche virus. Once confined to the ...