New research by scientists at the University of Toronto and the Structural Genomics Consortium has deepened our understanding ...

Edna Bonhomme, author of "A History of the World in Six Plagues," details how pandemics are about more than viruses ...

Adding hundreds of thousands of honeybees into a previously balanced residential environment disrupts it substantially.

A cutting edge machine has transformed the study of insects, which may yield even bigger breakthroughs for humans ...

If you’ve ever had a cold sore, the viral infection that caused it may lead to a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease down the line. A growing body of evidence suggests that herpes simplex ...

Symptomatic infection with the virus responsible for cold sores around the mouth–herpes simplex 1, or HSV-1 for short—may ...

Have you ever had a cold ... are common, uncomfortable and can be hard to get rid of. But there is new hope on the horizon. Research has discovered that a protein in the herpes simplex virus ...

The common cold sore virus, which is often caught in childhood, usually stays in the body for life – quietly dormant in the nerves. Now and then, things like stress, illness or injury can ...