Nipah virus infection is a zoonotic illness that is transmitted to people from animals, and can also be transmitted through ...

The health condition of one of the two nurses who tested positive for the Nipah virus has improved, while the other continues ...

This sexually transmitted infection is almost entirely preventable. Here's what experts say you really need to know to ...

The Chikungunya virus is spread by infected mosquitoes and causes symptoms like fever and severe joint pain. There is no specific medicine to treat the virus, and the best way to prevent it is by ...

This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised concerns about a surge in the number of cases of a mosquito-borne viral infection called chikungunya. Between August 2024 and May 2025, more than ...

A new study shows that the body’s early immune response, not the virus itself, often determines how severe a rhinovirus cold ...

A lot of Illinoisans are entering 2026 with an illness. Some virus levels have sparked warnings from state health officials as seasonal illness rates continue to climb. The most significant illness ...

A person living in the suburbs of New York City has tested positive for chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that is more often seen in South America and hasn't been transmitted on the U.S. mainland in ...

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 ...

Jacqueline Stephens is affiliated with the Australasian Epidemiological Association and the International Network for Epidemiology in Policy. Jill Carr is affiliated with the Australasian Virology ...