A progressive neurological disorder affecting 10 million people globally, Parkinson’s can cause disruptive symptoms such as ...

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, July 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A common virus once thought harmless to ...

Groundbreaking new research released from Northwestern Medicine discovered that a usually harmless virus in the blood, may be ...

Researchers believe a usually harmless virus could trigger Parkinson’s disease. The Human Pegivirus (HPgV) belongs to the ...

Parkinson's disease is a neurogenerative disease that affects more than 1 million people in the U.S. While some cases are ...

Researchers have detected a common, previously considered harmless virus, Human Pegivirus (HPgV), in the brains of ...

Researchers believe the HPgV virus could be an environmental trigger or contributor to Parkinson's disease.

Researchers at Northwestern Medicine have discovered that a virus that has flown under the radar for years might be a potential contributor to the neurodegenerative disorder.

A team of Chicago area scientists discovered that the human pegivirus, a blood-borne virus otherwise not known to cause any specific disease, may be associated with Parkinson’s disease and ...

Scientists have found the human pegivirus (HPgV) virus in brain samples of patients with Parkinson's disease but not in those without the disease. HPgV is a harmless virus but could potentially be ...

Human Pegivirus, or HPgV, was also found in the spinal fluid of the deceased Parkinson's patients — but not in that of those in the control group. The Northwestern researchers also analyzed ...