The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist. To address this critical ...

A fatal virus has been discovered in shrews in Alabama, sparking concerns about potential contagion to humans. The Camp Hill ...

In the face of rising concerns about antibiotic resistant infections, an international group of microbial experts have ...

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During the COVID pandemic, RSV showed a slightly odd pattern: like flu, it basically disappeared in the 2020–2021 season, ...

Background Mpox emerged as a significant global public health concern during the 2022–2023 outbreak, impacting populations in ...

A deadly virus closely related to a family of infections with mortality rates approaching 75 percent has made it to North ...

University of New Mexico Health Sciences researchers have detected microplastics in human brains at much higher concentrations than in other organs – and the plastic accumulation appears to be growing ...

Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers ...

The nationwide spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, also known as avian or bird flu, has many in Illinois concerned about livestock, ...

Yet until recently, scientists didn’t fully understand why bats are so good at harboring pathogens that don’t seem to harm ...

While RSV isn’t any more virulent than the cold, flu or COVID, the same precautions are recommended in order to control its ...