DNA found in museum pieces could provide a unique opportunity to study the history and spread of infectious diseases, ...

open image in gallery Hantavirus is a virus that spreads through the urine, droppings, or saliva of wild rodents, including deer mice, and can cause serious disease in humans (California ...

Public health officials in California announced three people have died from hantavirus, the virus linked to the February death of Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa. The deaths occurred in the ...

Untangling the issue with the hygiene hypothesis, Ascherio noticed the connection between infectious mononucleosis, primarily caused by EBV ... The link between the virus and disease has opened ...

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) linked to COVID-19 is associated with reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), leading to an altered immune response, according to a study ...

April 6 (UPI) --A rare virus that killed actor Gene Hackman's wife in February has been linked to the deaths of three people in California. Officials in Mono County, located between the crest of ...

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Sharing the life-sciences Breakthrough Prize with Hauser was Harvard University professor Alberto Ascherio, who discovered that infection with the widespread Epstein-Barr virus was necessary for g ...

Ascherio found all people who develop multiple sclerosis must have had Epstein Barr Virus previously, which is one of the most common human viruses and the cause of infectious mononucleosis ...

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