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 ...

Many people wonder just how scientists know that the cause of SARS is a virus and, more importantly, this particular virus. Public health scientists verified that a common virus-- a coronavirus ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ...

Researchers at the Chinese lab accused of leaking the COVID-19 virus have now discovered a new coronavirus in bats that closely matches the one that led to the deadly worldwide outbreak in 2020 ...

The virus is classified into two distinct groups: clade I and clade II. Clade II was responsible for the 2022 outbreak, which has led to around 100,000 cases worldwide. But now, a version of ...

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 ...