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

The first giant virus to be identified, called Mimivirus (short for microbe mimicking virus ), was discovered in 2003 inside ...

At least 28 Queenslanders have died after being infected by the deadly disease so far this year, with 211 cases recorded ...

Hantavirus, a respiratory virus spread by rodents, has been in the news recently. Experts explain what you need to know about ...

Cholera should no longer exist, yet it kills thousands of people every year. New analysis from international group WaterAid ...

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

According to the Merck Veterinary Manual, both animal-to-human and animal-to-animal transmission of the bacteria can happen ...

Eating wild berries or drinking free-flowing water may kill you as this rare, hidden parasite that can destroy your liver is ...

Mosquitoes that transmit La Crosse virus disease live in wooded areas in the U.S., mainly in the Upper Midwest, Mid-Atlantic ...

The global burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising, with more than 800 million people affected worldwide. Vascular diseases in patients with CKD are unique and grouped as uremic vascular ...

A team of biomedical researchers trained a machine learning algorithm to identify more than two dozen viable treatments for diseases caused by zoonotic pathogens that can jump from animal hosts to ...

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