Background Mpox emerged as a significant global public health concern during the 2022–2023 outbreak, impacting populations in ...

A deadly virus closely related to a family of infections with mortality rates approaching 75 percent has made it to North ...

Scientists have identified the Camp Hill virus, a henipavirus, in shrews in Alabama, marking its first detection in North ...

It’s what’s being called a “Quad-demic,” with cases on the rise for COVID-19, Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Influenza, ...

Researchers say they have discovered an entirely new class of life inside the human body, and it is very similar to a virus.

Avian influenzas, commonly called bird flu, are influenza viruses that readily infect and spread through birds. While multiple influenza viruses are known, the H5N1 bird flu is the most widely ...

Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers ...

The nationwide spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, also known as avian or bird flu, has many in Illinois concerned about livestock, ...

Around the time that bat ancestors evolved powered flight, their genomes picked up immune adaptations that can quell viral ...

Bats carry viral pathogens that typically do not lead to severe disease in the bats themselves but can be lethal to humans. Adaptations in certain immune genes might contribute to this resistance.

A professor has explained that HMPV has been around for at least 300 years and millions of us get it every year ...