Just 16 days into 2026, there was a report of the first hantavirus detection of the year in California. Whilst it is not ...

Travel advisories have been issued for the Seychelles, Bolivia, Cuba, Suriname and Sri Lanka due to chikungunya outbreaks.

Scientists at Fred Hutch Cancer Center have reported an important advance in the effort to stop Epstein Barr virus (EBV), a ...

Scientists find new gut virus linked to colorectal cancer that could lead to earlier diagnosis - More than 55,000 Americans are expected to die of colorectal cancer this year ...

Health officials in New York confirmed a person tested positive for the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in what is the first locally acquired case in the United States since 2019. The transmission ...

Over 95% of the world's adult population is infected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), but most people never realize it. The infection often causes few symptoms and then stays in the body for life.

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the Western world and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Age, diet and lifestyle are known risk factors. However, in most cases we ...

A dangerous type of bird flu virus (called H5N1) continues to circulate among dairy cows in the US. The virus targets the mammary gland's milk-secreting epithelial cells, causing painful infections in ...

A virus that officials say “has a relatively high death rate” has led to COVID-style health checks at several airports in Asia. Five people in in West Bengal, India, have contracted the Nipah virus, ...

The first case was identified earlier in February on Maui. Both affected individuals were exposed to the virus while ...

A popular tourist destination in Thailand has gotten a lot of publicity lately, but not for the best of reasons. Tiger ...