Scientists at the University of Miami warn that the world's oceans are teeming with 'giant viruses', also known as giruses.

It's difficult to overstate just how surprisingly early to the party this water may have been. “This suggests that water, the primary ingredient for life, existed even before the building blocks of ...

Imagine waking up one morning to the news that the world’s oceans are freezing—not from the wind-chilled surface, but from ...

You've had the common cold. In fact, you've probably had it already this year and have probably heard there's just one cold virus, right? Wrong.

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion.

Severity and duration of symptoms: A common cold usually comes with mild symptoms such as sneezing, nasal congestion, low-grade fever, and a moderate cough. These tend to improve within a week ...

It continues to evolve and requires more surveillance than a common cold virus. This time, Omicron sub-variants LF.7, XFG, JN.1, and NB.1.8.1 are leading the surge. How potent are they?

There most common diseases that affect people, especially children, during the cold season are pneumonia, asthma, diarrhoea, bronchiolitis and the common cold. According to Dr Peninah Musyoka, a ...

By Shreoshree Chakrabarty: One of the easiest and most effective strategies to prevent the common cold is simple: wash your hands regularly. Understanding how colds spread helps explain why this ...

Sambucol Black Elderberry Cold & Flu Liquid is an easy-to-take, great-tasting liquid that is Sambucol’s original and most loved formula. It is clinically proven to shorten colds by up to three ...

Objectives The common cold is the main cause of medical time loss in elite sport. Rapid diagnosis has been a challenge that may be amenable to molecular point-of-care testing (POCT). Methods We ...