New research shows how surface material and temperature change how long viruses survive and whether they can still spread.

When a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages, our cells work ...

A new study shows that the body’s early immune response, not the virus itself, often determines how severe a rhinovirus cold ...

For centuries, the nature of a fever — and whether it's good or bad — has been hotly contested. In ancient Greece, the physician Hippocrates thought that fever had useful qualities, and could cook an ...

Valacyclovir is a generic prescription oral tablet used to treat herpes simplex infections. Its mechanism of action is to make it harder for the herpes virus to multiply. The herpes virus spreads in ...