A genetically modified herpes virus, also known as RP1, could soon be getting the green light to be approved by US and ...

One-in-six patients treated with the modified virus as part of a clinical trial saw their tumors disappear completely.

A cancer-killing virus could soon be approved for use after shrinking tumours in a third of people with late-stage melanoma ...

When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.

The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which affects almost two-thirds of the world's population and is generally ...

A TEENAGE girl has died from a brain-swelling bat virus which experts fear could be the ‘next pandemic’. The 18-year-old ...

Multiple children are currently receiving treatment for measles at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, with several ...