Laura Gibson is an associate professor of medicine and of pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School. CMV belongs to the same virus family as cold sores and chickenpox and, like those viruses, lives in ...

More than half of adults are infected by cytomegalovirus (CMV) by age 40, according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention. Yet it's very likely that you've never heard of this virus that's ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised people to be wary of cytomegalovirus (CMV) during the holiday season. CMV is a common virus for people of all ages that is usually ...

When we found out we were expecting our third child, we were overjoyed. No pregnancy is easy, of course, and we already had our hands full with two little ones. But this was our third time around, and ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, flu numbers drastically declined because people took preventive measures such as handwashing, wearing face masks and social distancing. The same prevention is a must ...

A leading cause of birth defects is a virus that many expectant parents have never heard about. That may change soon thanks to the advocacy of parents whose children suffered birth defects due to the ...

A new study found that people with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection may be more likely to develop systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and CMV could influence how the disease starts.

ATLANTA - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is issuing an alert about cytomegalovirus, or CMV, during the holiday. "Sharing is caring during the holidays, but sharing cups, water ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) recently caused a 2-month-old girl in Pennsylvania to suffer severe hearing loss after it was passed to her in the womb. While the virus can exist in a person for life without ...

Some babies born with congenital CMV who experience hearing loss may have been born with the hearing loss, while others may have developed it during childhood. When your baby is not feeling well or ...

Preclinical data demonstrate >90% reduction in human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) reactivation from latency, establishing proof-of-concept for SYN002 in human kidneys -- Data published in the American ...