Researchers at WashU Medicine have developed a nasal vaccine against the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, or ...

As health authorities step up surveillance amid fresh Nipah virus concerns, here’s a comprehensive look at the outbreak, ...

Experts reconstructed the genome of Treponema pallidum from 5,500-year-old human remains in Colombia, revealing an unknown ...

For Albuquerque Republican Sen. Nicole Tobiassen, the fight against mosquitoes is personal now. In September, Tobiassen’s ...

Recent reports of Nipah virus (NiV) infections in West Bengal, India, have reignited global concern, prompting public health ...

Colorado Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera issued a verbal disaster declaration Thursday night for an outbreak of "highly pathogenic ...

The CDC has 1 million participants in its travel bio surveillance program, 'marking a significant milestone in the United ...

Because the bat-borne pathogen currently has no cure, the likes of India, Thailand, Pakistan, Hong Kong and Vietnam have taken measures to help screen for the virus. With a mortality rate of 40 to 75 ...

A fatal highly pathogenic avian influenza infection in a domestic cat linked to wildlife, and a separate backyard poultry detection, point to ongoing spillover risks for animals sharing outdoor ...

What is Nipah virus? Symptoms to watch out for as India races to contain deadly outbreak - Nipah is a deadly virus with no vaccine or cure and considered a high-risk pathogen by the World Health Organ ...

The rapid evolutionary dynamics of RNA viruses, driven by high mutation rates and the consequent formation of complex ...

Since it was first detected in the U.S. in 2014, H5N1 avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has jumped from wild birds to farm animals and then to people, causing more than 70 human cases in ...