Alarmist headlines that warn of China being once again being overwhelmed by a mysterious new virus have dominated over the past few days. But the virus that is reported to be responsible for a surge ...

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.45. The mpox outbreak in several African nations has slowed and countries ...

Unlike COVID-19, HMPV has been around for decades, so we know how it spreads and how to treat it. But China must still monitor the situation to keep it under control. Five years after COVID-19 began ...

Year-to-year effectiveness fluctuates based on how well vaccines match circulating strains, ranging from 20% to 30% in ...

Monkeypox is a virus first found in monkeys in the 1950s that is transmissible to humans. In May, the World Health Organization reported outbreaks of the virus in several countries. Dr. Leanne Skehan, ...

On July 12, a new deadly Nipah virus infection was confirmed in a 52-year-old man in the Palakkad district of Kerala, marking the tenth instance of Nipah virus spillover (transmission of the pathogen ...

It started as a respiratory illness – or so everyone thought. But it quickly became apparent that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was so much more. “Since the beginning, the virus showed a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new H1N1 influenza virus bears a disturbing resemblance to the virus strain that caused the 1918 flu pandemic, with a greater ability to infect the lungs than common ...

Scientists are developing all sorts of potential new treatments to tackle the most difficult cancer cases—including some that will make you thankful for the existence of herpes and other viruses.

Norovirus cases increased in prevalence throughout the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area during winter months, prompting Georgetown University students to prioritize health on campus. Shauna Bennett ...