A new year might mean new viral threats. Old viruses are constantly evolving. A warming and increasingly populated planet puts humans in contact with more and different viruses. And increased mobility ...

Marburg virus disease is a severe, often fatal, infection passed from fruit bats to people. In a September 2024 Marburg virus disease outbreak in two Rwandan hospitals, mortality rates may have been ...

Scientists at Fred Hutch Cancer Center have reported an important advance in the effort to stop Epstein Barr virus (EBV), a virus believed to infect about 95% of people worldwide. EBV has been linked ...

Learn about the Nipah virus outbreak in India, including transmission, symptoms, treatment, and prevention measures. Read ...

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As the Carolinas near 1,000 cases, health care workers who’ve never seen this vaccine-preventable disease can get caught by surprise.

The World Health Organisation has told travellers there is a “low risk” of a serious infectious disease spreading from India. On 13 January, two confirmed cases of Nipah virus were reported in ...

Chikungunya virus, a debilitating tropical disease caused by infected mosquito bites, poses a greater health threat in Europe ...

Viruses constantly emerge and evolve, with some posing significant threats to human and animal health, while others remain confined to specific species. A recently identified example of the latter is ...

Scientists have found the clearest evidence yet that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) – which nearly all of us carry for life – is directly responsible for hijacking our immune system's cells to cause lupus, ...

The Yakima Health District is reporting a case of West Nile virus disease in a resident of Yakima County — the first human case of the virus reported in Washington this year. According to a Friday ...