Scientists say climate change and globalization have driven the spread of zoonotic disease. Zoonotic diseases are spread from animals to humans, or from humans to animals. Coronaviruses, ebola, and ...

As winter ends, several viruses are still continuing to rise across the U.S., according to data from WastewaterSCAN, a network of wastewater surveillance sites. Norovirus, one type of influenza, and ...

Seasonal rain on California grasslands kicks off a rapid expansion and turnover of viruses in the soil, according to a new study by UC Davis and Lawrence Livermore National Lab. These viruses may ...

Feb 1 (Reuters) - The H5N1 avian influenza virus has flared up again in recent months, spreading through poultry flocks in Japan, Vietnam and Thailand, killing people in Indonesia and claiming its ...

Those found in coastal South America, Southeast Asia, and equatorial Africa are more likely to harbor dangerous pathogens ...

The dreaded tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus infects different types of brain cells in different parts of the brain, depending on whether the affected person's immune system is activated or not.

Depending on how young you are, your mother may remember polio. Your grandmother, though, would likely shudder at the mere mention of the word, which for years evoked images of iron lungs, of ...