Risk factors for CMV infection among adults with RMDs included diabetes, prior malignancy, IV cyclophosphamide, and initial prednisolone >0.91 mg/kg/day.

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 ...

Long before the coronavirus pandemic, Kathleen Muldoon knew what it felt like to have her life changed by a virus. In 2013, Muldoon, now an associate professor at Midwestern University’s medical ...

A National Institutes of Health-supported nationwide clinical trial will test a novel approach to combat hearing loss in children infected by a relatively unknown virus, cytomegalovirus (CMV). CMV is ...

Anna, Megan Nix’s second child, was born underweight and silent. Despite reassurances from medical professionals, Nix said she knew something was amiss. The Wheat Ridge author set on a multi-year ...

“Why didn’t anyone tell me about this virus?” is a frequent response I hear from parents upon learning their newborn is infected with cytomegalovirus or CMV. Although more than half of the U.S.

A recent study found that a latent cytomegalovirus infection can have a negative effect on mRNA vaccine responsiveness to COVID-19 infection. Health care workers (HCWs) had a lower vaccine response to ...

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 ...

A research team at the University of Córdoba is studying the alterations that occur in the immune system's T lymphocytes with respect to age and in relation to the cytomegalovirus herpesvirus. T ...

Lily Belle never got to grow up, be a sister or experience the world, writes Arissa Viering. But with the right awareness and medical research, we might have been able to save her life. iStock ...

Meanwhile, a lurking CMV infection may have connections to frailty in aging and heart disease, among other health issues. The problem, Goodrum said, is that it’s difficult to design controlled ...

PHOENIX – Long before the coronavirus pandemic, Kathleen Muldoon knew what it felt like to have her life changed by a virus. In 2013, Muldoon was teaching embryology at the Geisel School of Medicine ...