A deep dive into H5N1 in U.S. dairy herds, from udder health to biosecurity. Discover why commercial milk remains safe and how the virus is evolving.

Mosquitoes have been transmitting the West Nile virus to humans in the United States for over 25 years, but we still don't know precisely how the virus cycles through these pests and the other animals ...

The antiviral baloxavir significantly reduced household transmission of influenza compared with placebo. The drug showed consistent effects across age groups, virus types, and countries, with no new ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Brazil, report that the Zika virus is transmitted from mother to fetus by infected cells that, ironically, ...

As winter melts away, the Aedes mosquito population rises with the temperature. When these mosquitoes puncture host skin to feed with their needle-like probosces, they often transmit pathogens like ...

In today’s interconnected world, infectious diseases pose an escalating threat, as demonstrated by the coronavirus pandemic and outbreaks of H1N1, SARS, Ebola, Zika, and H5N1 (bird flu) viruses—all of ...

The horrors of Covid-19 pandemic are still fresh in our minds, even though a few years have passed ever since. One lesson which the world has learnt from the 2020-2021 pandemic is that precaution is ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Recent data from the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts (RHHD) has shown a reduced risk for transmission of West Nile Virus (WNV) throughout Henrico County. Through ...

The World Health Organization warned in its latest report from the 44th meeting of the Polio Emergency Committee that transmission of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) continues in Afghanistan ...