Some illnesses can kill in 24 hours or less. From stroke to mosquito-borne diseases, here's what you need to know. The post ...

*Hantavirus species with known pathology. With increasing clinical experience, many mixed pictures of 'hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome' are now noted ...

U.S. health officials are warning travelers about a potentially deadly insect-borne virus known as sloth fever that has infected 21 U.S. residents returning from Cuba and thousands more in South ...

A disease which can kill cats, both domestic and wild, has been discovered for the first time in the US. A variant of the rustrela virus-- related to the wider-known rubella virus which causes a ...

A rare but potentially lethal mosquito-borne virus has prompted nearly a dozen towns in the US to close public parks at night and restrict outdoor activities, when mosquitoes are most active.

As the globe faces a rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria—making traditional antibiotics ineffective—specific viruses could offer a solution. Viruses called bacteriophages, or phages ...

A mutation on the spike protein of the virus that causes COVID-19 could help it infect the brain by forcing it to use a cellular "back door." SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may ...

A terrifying virus that causes pets to stagger and die has spread to a new part of the world. Researchers announced the discovery of a rustrela virus (RusV) variant in a wild mountain lion in ...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was briefly hospitalized after contracting the West Nile virus. Fauci, who also served as the ...

Old World hantaviruses predominantly circulate in Europe and Asia and have been found to cause hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. On the other hand, New World hantaviruses ...