Medically reviewed by Cordelia Nwankwo, MD Key Takeaways CMV is common and stays in the body for life.Congenital CMV can lead ...

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 ...

Cytomegalovirus belongs to the same virus family, _Herpesviridae_, as cold sores and chickenpox. Callista Images/Image Source via Getty Images So if most people are unlikely to get sick from CMV at ...

Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; Head, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles ...

Getty Images. The majority of people will acquire cytomegalovirus (CMV) during their lifetime, but most haven't even heard of it. "Nearly one in three children are already infected with CMV by age 5," ...

“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.

Cytomegalovirus colitis is inflammation of the stomach or intestine resulting from a cytomegalovirus infection. It can cause complications in people who are immunocompromised. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is ...

A ten-year-old South Florida girl burst into giggles the moment her cochlear implants were activated, marking the first time she could hear clearly in both ears. "I… hahaha!" Gracie O'Toole exclaimed, ...

A 21-year-old man was evaluated as a stem cell donor for his fully HLA-matched brother. A week earlier, he reported the onset of a low-grade fever and a sore throat that resolved without medical care.

New York is now screening all newborns for congenital Cytomegalovirus to improve access to early treatments for the viral infection that can cause hearing and vision loss, seizures and intellectual ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – “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 ...