The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department on Friday announced that a type of mpox virus had been detected in Pierce County ...

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 ...

Serious infections with influenza A viruses are characterized by an excessive immune response, known as cytokine storm. It was previously unclear why some virus strains trigger these storms, while ...

While some health experts suggest that the next pandemic could be between five and 10 years away, what that pandemic could be caused by and if the U.S. will be ready for it are separate questions.

The prospect of an outbreak of avian influenza among dairy cattle triggering a pandemic in humans is one step closer than ...

Covid-19 has killed an astounding 300,000 Americans, but don’t forget that influenza, also known as the flu, also typically kills tens of thousands of people in the U.S. each year. It’s already flu ...

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 ...

Health officials are investigating a possible case in Nassau, that if confirmed, would be the first transmission of the mosquito-borne virus in New York.

In the last few months, schools all over the country have closed because of outbreaks of norovirus. Also known as stomach flu, norovirus infections cause watery diarrhea, low-grade fever and, most ...

The world’s deadliest animal is probably outside your home right now – it’s a mosquito. Despite its small size, the Centers for Disease Control says the deadliest animal in the world is the mosquito.

Most seriously, certain types of HPV – particularly 16 and 18 – have known links to cancer. They belong to a group of about ...