Nipah virus is rare, deadly, and tightly monitored, but for travelers and the US public, awareness beats alarm. It has not hit the US yet, but it has quietly reminded public health officials why it ...

India is moving quickly to contain a Nipah virus outbreak in the eastern state of West Bengal after two cases were confirmed by the federal health ministry. Nearly 200 people have been quarantined ...

Researchers summarize key insights from the world’s first comprehensive investigation into how a pandemic started.

The avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in Vancouver has mutations in key areas that could help the virus spread more easily in humans, scientists say. There is no indication that ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

The cold sore-causing Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) hijacks human cells and reconfigures its DNA within just an hour after infection, according to a new study that may help tackle the pathogen. Viruses ...

Virus-related illnesses caused by the consumption of contaminated food are often caused by human noroviruses or hepatitis A viruses, which are mostly detected on frozen berries and in shellfish. In ...