The Chikungunya virus is spread by infected mosquitoes and causes symptoms like fever and severe joint pain. There is no specific medicine to treat the virus, and the best way to prevent it is by ...

Hepatitis B is a serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is a small DNA virus from the Hepadnaviridae family. If someone has this infection for a long time, it can lead to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Zika vaccine from Brazil shields the brain and testicles, avoids dengue confusion, and could reshape prevention strategies ...

Although RSV is a frequent cause of acute respiratory infections (ARIs), an estimation of its incidence has proven challenging due to a lack of routine testing, overlapping clinical presentations with ...

The novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has spread globally, killing hundreds of thousands of people and infecting millions more. The pandemic has upended life around the world, delivering a ...

On Jan 5, 2026, the Acting Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) signed a decision memorandum from the heads of the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for ...

Infectious diseases expert talks about rise in West Nile Virus cases in Kentucky. This year, there have been 19 cases of the West Nile Virus across the state. The Lexington-Fayette County Health ...

Virus With ‘No Vaccine or Treatment’ Is Spreading Rapidly, Doctors on High Alert ...

In the summer of 2023, I connected with an epidemiologist from Kerala. A lush sliver of land along the Indian peninsula’s southwestern edge, it is a place of sleepy backwaters and rolling hills of ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The County of San Diego confirmed on Tuesday that a dead crow found in North Park tested positive for West Nile Virus, marking the first detection of the virus in the county ...