Hendra virus may not infect people that often, but it can be serious. Like SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, you can get a dangerous respiratory infection. The Hendra virus infects ...

The virus has impacted dairy farms, poultry flocks, and humans, with one confirmed human death in the U.S. Experts urge preventative measures like improved surveillance and biosecurity.

The H5N1 virus, now present in wild animals and even raw milk, is being described as a slow-motion pandemic with the potential to mutate into a human-transmissible strain. Despite the growing ...

Three people in the rural California town of Mammoth Lakes have died from the same rare virus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife causing alarm amongst health officials. Betsy Arakawa, the famed ...

Scientists have discovered that H5N1, the strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus currently spreading in U.S. dairy cows, only needs a single mutation to readily latch on to human cells ...

Virus experts from more than 40 countries are issuing an “urgent call to action” about bird flu, warning about a rising threat from H5N1 avian influenza. As worries grow about the potential ...

A respiratory virus that sometimes paralyzes children is spreading across the U.S., raising concerns about another possible rise in polio-like illnesses. Wastewater samples have detected a ...

This common virus can lead to a rare but serious polio-like complication known as acute flaccid myelitis. Symptoms of acute flaccid myelitis include limb weakness and paralysis.

Business as usual ground to a halt when the WHO declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, about four months after the virus was first detected in Wuhan, China. Since the pandemic was affirmed ...

Experts warn about the possibility of a new pandemic in 2025 as the H5N1 bird flu virus spreads across all 50 states, impacting US dairy farms and leading to human infections. Here's what to know.