The hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has made headlines for weeks, and while U.S. health officials say ...

Infectious disease experts have sought to reassure people that the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak poses very low risks to ...

A shrimp virus called CMNV has jumped into humans, causing a new eye disease linked to handling and eating raw seafood. The virus is already global.

California passengers from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship have returned to the U.S. Infectious disease experts break ...

Infectious disease doctors say it’s unlikely. “Andes hantavirus is not an efficiently spreading respiratory virus and does ...

A dream trip has turned into a floating nightmare for passengers and crew aboard the MV Hondius, where a hantavirus outbreak ...

Uganda on ​Friday confirmed an ‌outbreak of the highly ​infectious Ebola ​virus disease, the ⁠health ministry ​said, adding ​that the outbreak involves the Bundibugyo ​strain.

Marburg virus disease has killed 11 people and sickened 25 others in Rwanda, which declared an outbreak on Sept. 27. Similar to Ebola, the rare but very severe illness can be fatal in up to 88% of ...

Scientists develop first successful method to predict West Nile virus outbreaks using NOAA weather data. The technique could ...

A hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has put a rare but deadly virus back in the headlines. Here is a closer look at ...

Cases of Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) are extremely rare in humans, but in those who develop disease, the outcome is severe, almost always resulting in fatal encephalitis or inflammation in the ...

Primitive peoples believed that evil spirits carried diseases. Hebrews and Greeks proved that cleanliness protected them from many ailments. In the Middle Ages doctors ascribed to various invisible ...