University of Minnesota researchers have made key discoveries about one of the world’s most lethal pathogens, the Marburg virus, including potential weaknesses that could result in vaccines or drug ...

But scientists say there are practical and ethical challenges to overcome before the strategy could be deployed in real-world settings.

Each infected person generally infects fewer than one other person, which limits the spread but does not prevent outbreaks. But when this disease strikes, it is often fatal. And the WHO considers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deadly virus have been reported in India, prompting tighter security measures at airports around the globe. Nipah virus is a ...

The avian flu outbreak that killed 30 elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park last month, resulting in its partial closure and canceling tours for the season, has spread to at least two other marine ...

Disturbing videos of a breeding ground for one of the world's deadliest viruses may reveal how a future pandemic could leap from animals to humans. For the first time, cameras in Africa captured a ...

Data from the World Health Organization revealed the natural host of Nipah virus comes from fruit bats and can be transmitted from pigs, contaminated foods, and direct human-to-human contact. Health ...

FILE - A fruit bat in a tree at Wat Khanon Tai. Thailand's Department of Disease Control remains on high alert following reports of 5 confirmed Nipah virus cases in West Bengal, India. (Photo by Arnun ...

A Saudi man infected with a new deadly virus has died, taking the global death toll from the previously unknown disease to nine, the World Health Organisation has confirmed. The 39-year-old man, who ...

Just 16 days into 2026, there was a report of the first hantavirus detection of the year in California. Whilst it is not uncommon to isolate hantavirus from wild rodents in some parts of the US, it ...