Viral load. As health officials continue to monitor the rare and deadly Andes strain of hantavirus that spread across the MV ...

While most hantaviruses spread through contact with rodent feces, urine or saliva, officials confirm that the type on the ...

In February 2025, the classical pianist Betsy Arakawa died in her New Mexico home from a virus most people had never heard of ...

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, one of the body's ways of stopping viruses in their tracks, according to new ...

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Researchers at UC San Diego have found that several of the most dangerous zoonotic viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Ebola, and mpox, jumped from animals to humans without first evolving special genetic ...

Avian influenza can jump species from birds to humans, a fact that arouses concern for serious illness and broader human ...

Scientists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, have uncovered a crucial trick used by enteroviruses—the group behind diseases like polio, myocarditis, encephalitis, and even the common ...

Hantavirus has been all over the news lately due to a shocking outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.