The strain of hantavirus that has killed three people and sickened five others on a cruise ship is the Andes strain, which is ...

“WHO continues to work with the ship’s operators to closely monitor the health of passengers and crew..." the international ...

New images show health workers evacuating patients from a cruise ship facing a deadly virus outbreak. Two evacuees are from ...

An elderly man had just started running a fever when he walked into a birthday party in the small village of Epuyen in ...

Measles is doing far more damage than its signature rash suggests. A growing body of research shows the virus can wipe out a substantial share of the immune system’s existing defenses against other ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, are hitting certain states, including California and New Jersey. HMPV can cause upper and lower respiratory disease, and currently there is no vaccine to ...

What is the 'Andes strain?' How does it spread? And how can you avoid it?

A new COVID variant – dubbed Cicada – is being monitored by the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization. First detected in 2024 in South Africa, Cicada, officially known as ...

Researchers at Umeå University show how tick-borne viruses remodel human cells into virus factories, using an advanced microscopy method. The findings provide new insight into how the virus replicates ...