What Exactly Is Hantavirus? Hantaviruses are zoonotic viruses, meaning they naturally circulate in animals and can ...

Scientists believe that the Bundibugyo virus persists in an animal species, occasionally spilling over into humans. But they have yet to identify the species. By Carl Zimmer Since April, an outbreak ...

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A virus has stopped pancreatic cancer in its tracks in three people in a clinical trial in the US. Further evaluation is needed in larger trials, but the early results are encouraging, especially ...

Global health officials are tracking an outbreak of Ebola caused by a rare species of orthoebolavirus called the Bundibugyo virus that has so far killed more than 130 people and infected more than 500 ...

Here’s what to know about the symptoms and spread of the virus, which has sickened people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. By Dani Blum Global health officials are raising alarms about ...

For many people, news of a virus outbreak on a cruise ship immediately brings back memories of COVID spreading when the Ruby Princess docked in Sydney in March 2020. Of the passengers and crew who ...

There’s a virus you may have never heard of before that is estimated to infect up to 90 percent of people and lurks quietly in your cells for life—but if it becomes activated, it will destroy your ...

If you notice that your office is emptying out, chances are it’s because a respiratory virus that few people have actually heard of is circulating throughout Northern California. Dr. Monica Gandhi, an ...

TikTok, X, and Instagram are flooded with videos about a mysterious “2025 throat virus” that’s making everyone sick. The illness causes a host of debilitating symptoms including runny nose, congestion ...

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Barn 32 at Woodbine remains under quarantine after a horse trained by Krista Cole tested positive for the contagious disease Equine Herpesvirus, or EHV-1. Horses were not allowed ...

One of the barns at Saratoga Race Course is under a 14-day precautionary quarantine, because of a positive case of strangles in that barn. Strangles is a contagious bacterial infection that generally ...