Wastewater in several Californian cities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, recently tested positive for bird flu. But ...

A teenager in Canada is critically ill with the country's first human case of H5N1 bird flu. Health officials aren't sure how ...

Yet another strain of the virus that causes mpox might be readily spreading from person to person, according to an analysis ...

Transmission of Oropouche virus to the womb has been confirmed in two stillbirths and one birth with congenital anomalies that occurred in Brazil.

What’s more, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is currently the only approved method of diagnosing mpox. It is expensive, ...

The virus, which is transmitted via insect bite, seems to be reaching new areas, undergoing genetic changes, and may harm fetuses. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology ...

The recent detection on an Oregon farm raises the risk of the influenza virus acquiring mutations that lead to a pandemic ...

A Canadian teen who is in critical condition after contracting H5N1 bird flu was infected with a version of the virus that is different from the one circulating in U.S. cattle.

Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection—among them, raising ...

“You tend to have one or the other virus predominant at any given time,” said Anice Lowen, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the Emory University School of Medicine. Here’s what ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - UPDATE: According to the Ouachita Parish Mosquito District and the Department of Health and Hospitals, ...