According to the World Health Organization, infections in humans can cause severe disease with a high mortality rate.

News about an outbreak or mystery virus can trigger fear. Use four questions to assess whether the reports are something to ...

Each year, seasonal flu sickens about 1 billion people worldwide and causes approximately 290,000 to 650,000 respiratory ...

Virginia Tech researchers discovered six new rodent carriers of hantavirus and identified U.S. hotspots, highlighting the ...

A lethal new virus which kills humans has been developed by scientists as part of a US government project. The genetically modified variant of smallpox is so dangerous that, as yet, no vaccination ...

A growing body of evidence suggests that herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) — a common virus that often results in cold sores — is linked to Alzheimer’s. Several studies have found a correlation between ...

Why bats can harbor viruses like hantavirus and coronavirus—pathogens that are highly dangerous to humans—without becoming ill themselves has long puzzled scientists, yet the answer may be key ...

A virus long dismissed as a scientific oddity ... Australia discovered that telomere phage is surprisingly common in Klebsiella. Klebsiella is a type of bacteria that can cause pneumonia and ...