Each winter, cold and flu season reaches its peak. That leaves a lot of people dealing with coughing, sneezing and fevers. People often take fever reducers to lower their body temperature when they’re ...

A nasty, highly contagious virus is spreading across the country ahead of the holiday season — and it’s not the flu or Covid.

Viruses are tiny — and sneaky. So sneaky that some play a deadly game of hide and seek. The "seek" part is all too familiar: They're always looking for ways to infect humans. Their ability to hide is ...

Researchers at the University of Kansas have discovered a human gene, the protein PARP14, plays a role in regulating interferon, part of the body’s innate immune system.

It's a story all too many people know: You wake up with a stomachache and soon find yourself stuck in the bathroom, battling ...