The World Health Organization reported two cases of a rare virus in an eastern Indian state on Thursday.

Since 1999, when Nipah virus was first identified in Malaysia, it has repeatedly emerged in south and southeast Asia, quietly exploiting ecological and social susceptibilities. The danger of Nipah ...

A deep dive into H5N1 in U.S. dairy herds, from udder health to biosecurity. Discover why commercial milk remains safe and how the virus is evolving.

A long-running debate in vaccine design revolves around whether a vaccine should be optimized to prevent the virus from ...

Health authorities in India say they have contained a potential outbreak of a bat-borne virus with no approved vaccine or cure. With a fatality rate between 40% to 75%, authorities in several Asian ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Brazil, report that the Zika virus is transmitted from mother to fetus by infected cells that, ironically, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — The mosquito-borne chikungunya virus is spreading rapidly through Southern China, and strict precautions are being ...

As winter melts away, the Aedes mosquito population rises with the temperature. When these mosquitoes puncture host skin to feed with their needle-like probosces, they often transmit pathogens like ...

India, March 15 -- For years, vaccine researchers have debated an important question: should vaccines mainly focus on ...

The antiviral baloxavir significantly reduced household transmission of influenza compared with placebo. The drug showed consistent effects across age groups, virus types, and countries, with no new ...