Orthohantaviruses, such as the Puumala virus, are widespread in Europe, causing flu-like illnesses and severe kidney damage ...

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 ...

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 ...

The cold sore-causing Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) hijacks human cells and reconfigures its DNA within just an hour after infection, according to a new study that may help tackle the pathogen. Viruses ...

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 ...

Virus-related illnesses caused by the consumption of contaminated food are often caused by human noroviruses or hepatitis A viruses, which are mostly detected on frozen berries and in shellfish. In ...

Early wastewater monitoring identifies significant influenza virus levels, highlighting the urgent need for coordinated public health responses as human and animal infections converge during the H5N1 ...