Young infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) often become much sicker compared to those infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

A large retrospective study of more than 162,000 asthma patients in the Bronx found that asthma exacerbations dropped sharply ...

Researchers at UC Davis say news they've dreaded since 2023 has come to pass: California's elephant seals have been infected with H5N1 bird flu.

Even a mild case of COVID-19 or the flu can impact the body long after the fever and cough fade, according to new Tulane University research that may help explain why some people struggle to feel ...

A nasal spray vaccine that puts your immune system on permanent high alert – and could one day protect against flu, COVID and future pandemics.

With measles outbreaks, flu spikes, and COVID as a seasonal threat, learn key differences between these contagious diseases, ...

Why does the same virus barely faze one person while sending another to the hospital? New research shows the answer lies in a molecular record etched into our immune cells by both our genes and our ...

Soon after the emergence of COVID-19, the International Committee of the Fourth International made the correct analysis that the pandemic had to be understood as a trigger event in world history. It ...

In 2020, COVID-19 pandemic restrictions reduced social interactions and altered routines, increasing feelings of social isolation and instability. These restrictions increased adolescents’ ...

The Class of 2029 is the first incoming class to have experienced the pandemic as middle schoolers, meaning they experienced all of high school in person. In interviews with The Daily Princetonian, ...

Flu, COVID-19, the common cold and RSV have similarities, but they differ in their severity, contagiousness and symptoms. Vaccines are available for COVID-19, the flu and RSV. However, there is no ...