Virginia Tech researchers discovered six new rodent carriers of hantavirus and identified U.S. hotspots, highlighting the ...

La Crosse virus disease is a rare viral illness that is spread to humans via mosquito bites. The name comes from La Crosse ...

Unknown to us, there are millions of viruses wafting through the air as we breathe. Most of these viruses are mild in nature, ...

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

Researchers are hoping that by solving the mystery of why bats can harbor viruses like hantavirus and coronavirus — pathogens ...

Fears the world is heading towards another pandemic are growing, as new data shows the spread of the deadly bird flu virus ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

Key takeaways Pseudoscientific pet health trends linked to deadly H5N1 outbreaks and growing pandemic risks Raw pet food ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

Melting Arctic ice increases human and animal interactions, raising the risk of infectious disease spread. Researchers urge ...

A team of San Antonio-based biomedical researchers trained a machine learning algorithm to identify more than two dozen ...

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