Nipah virus is rare, deadly, and tightly monitored, but for travelers and the US public, awareness beats alarm. Nipah virus is back. It has not hit the US yet, but it has quietly reminded public ...

Alarmed about the continued spread of the chikungunya virus, US health officials have issued more travel advisories, warning Americans to take caution when traveling. Last week, the CDC issued two new ...

The avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in Vancouver has mutations in key areas that could help the virus spread more easily in humans, scientists say. There is no indication that ...

India is moving quickly to contain a Nipah virus outbreak in the eastern state of West Bengal after two cases were confirmed by the federal health ministry. Nearly 200 people have been quarantined ...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (KABC) -- Warning signs are going up in Pioneer Park in Garden Grove where mosquitos have tested positive for West Nile virus. "Unfortunately because we weren't able to do the ...

As West Nile virus continues to be a concern in the Pittsburgh area, wildlife rehabbers are seeing an uptick in sick birds. Within the last few weeks, Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh's Wildlife ...

Idaho State Department of Agriculture officials recommend that upcoming horse events in the state are cancelled and related movement of the animals stopped temporarily following confirmed reports of ...

It emerged as a powerful tool for public health officers during the COVID-19 pandemic, when it was used to gauge the prevalence of coronavirus in communities across the nation. But wastewater ...

Ed Hutchinson works for the University of Glasgow and has an unpaid positions on the board of the European Scientific Working group on Influenza and other respiratory viruses (ESWI) and as a ...