The NHS remains on high alert over flu, health bosses say, even though there are clear signs the surge in the virus has ...

The death toll and economic damage associated with flu highlight its role as one of the most harmful viruses in history.

Health officials in Guangdong province in southern China are waging an all-out war against mosquitoes in response to an outbreak of the chikungunya virus that's sickened thousands with fever, rashes ...

A new virus related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in shrews in the U.S. However, scientists say there is currently "no evidence" that it has infected humans and the risk of ...

A potentially deadly virus known as “sloth fever” has US officials on alert after Florida reported 20 travel-related cases, including nine last week. Oropouche virus is spread through the bites of ...

Additionally, people with febrile illness may experience fatigue or weakness for an extended period — up to weeks or even months — following recovery. In very rare instances, the virus is spread ...

When the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged, many scientists thought it would evolve slowly, like other coronaviruses. But that was one of the first big surprises from the virus ...

So far in 2025, the illness has sickened over 12,000 people in 11 countries across the Americas. Pale-throated sloths (Bradypus tridactylus) are one reservoir species for the Oropouche virus in the ...

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Investigators from the laboratory of Derek Walsh, Ph.D., professor of Microbiology-Immunology, have discovered how human ...