Virginia Tech researchers seek to understand the environmental factors that influence the distribution of hantavirus in rodent populations across the United States.

Epidemiologist Elizabeth Schiffman, who supervises the Vectorborne Diseases Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health, ...

Hantaviruses are spread by rodents and can cause deadly respiratory and kidney illnesses in humans. One of these illnesses ...

So far, Alabama is the only place it's been discovered, although short-tailed shrews can be found across North America. However, according to the Economic Times, virologists warn that it's only a ...

Virginia is one of three states that are hotspots for a deadly virus circulating in wildlife, and it can also be fatal in ...

Rats have long been notorious for spreading disease, but a new study reveals just how much human-altered landscapes can ...

But as the climate warms and the permafrost thaws, scientists are now concerned that ancient diseases might infect humans. Co-author Dr Khaled Abass, of the University of Sharjah, says ...

Experts are calling for urgent action to radically overhaul our relationship with animals to protect public health - they say ...

But these interlopers can also impact human health directly. Deadly diseases can jump from animals to humans, as the COVID-19 pandemic vividly illustrated. A new study led by researchers at UC Santa ...

Sin Nombre virus was first discovered in New Mexico in 1993. Little is known about the ecology of hantaviruses in wildlife except that the pathogen is spread to humans by inhalation of aerosolized ...