While lifesaving vaccines face a relentless onslaught from the Trump administration—with fervent anti-vaccine advocate Robert ...

Most people catch chickenpox as children and recover, but the virus never truly leaves the body. Instead, it stays asleep inside nerve cells for many years. Later in life, especially when a person is ...

A virus that originated in a type of fruit bat has been identified in India, spurring protective public health measures across that country. The Nipah virus is a potentially lethal disease that has ...

Researchers in Bangladesh have identified a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus, in patients who were initially suspected of having Nipah virus but tested negative. All had recently consumed raw ...

Some countries are on high alert after two cases of a deadly, incurable virus were reported in India this week. India’s Health Ministry said Monday, Jan. 26, that two nurses at a private hospital near ...

India is battling an outbreak of Nipah Virus in its eastern state of West Bengal that has seen five people confirmed infected and nearly 100 people placed in quarantine. The outbreak is reported to ...

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This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised concerns about a significant increase in chikungunya virus cases. Known for its mosquito-borne transmission, the virus has caused outbreaks in ...

A brand new virus, a previously unknown type of henipavirus called Salt Gully virus, has been detected in bats that is related to two diseases the World Health Organization (WHO) calls “priority ...