Scientists discovered strikingly high levels of a common virus in the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease, a finding that points to a potential cause for the neurological disorder. Researchers ...

Co-authored by Lærke Storgaard Duerlund, M.D., and Arun Venkatesan, Professor Dementia is a devastating condition that affects memory, thinking, and the ability to carry out daily activities. As the ...

A new study published in JCI Insight provides evidence that a little-studied virus called human pegivirus (HPgV) may be present in the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease and could be linked to ...

Observational studies of psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression have long tied viral infections with behavioral symptoms in these disorders, but scientists ...

You surely have some idea how a computer virus works, though you may not know the details. Somehow it weasels its way into your computer, and then the computer slows way down…or it starts making ...

A cancer-killing virus has shown promise in tackling an aggressive type of brain tumour, researchers say. Certain viruses selectively target and kill cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed.

Viruses infected nearly one million Chinese computers over last week's National Day holiday when many chose to stay home and surf the internet rather than go out. The computers were infected by three ...

A rare virus spread by fruit bats, which can cause flu-like symptoms and brain damage, has killed 12 people in southern India, health officials said on Tuesday, with at least nine more being treated.