The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a major source of cancer that’s now almost entirely preventable through vaccination. But sobering research out today shows that Americans are largely in the dark ...

From the common cold and influenza to HIV and measles, and from Zika to some cancers, all are caused by viruses — tiny packages of either DNA or RNA that wear a protein coat. They shouldn't be ...

Scientists think a very common childhood infection may be linked to bladder cancer — and now, they're figuring out the chain reaction that connects the two diseases. It's known that people who get ...

Self-administered tests can increase screening rates, said Health and Human Services Department officials.

Infectious agents — both bacterial and viral — are responsible for about 25 percent of all human cancers. There are about seven known viruses that cause human cancers. The two that are most well known ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that respiratory viruses can wake up dormant cancer cells in the lungs. They exposed mice to COVID-19 or the flu. In both ...

SMU virologist and cancer researcher Robert L. Harrod has been awarded a $436,500 grant from the National Cancer Institute to further his lab's research into how certain viruses cause cancers in ...

Homo sapiens was basically infected by these viruses for all of its existence," the scientist added. As per the outlet, ...