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Nipah is a deadly virus with no vaccine or cure and considered a high-risk pathogen by the World Health Organization ...

Five cases have been reported and nearly 100 individuals have been quarantined as authorities seek to contain the infection.

Symptoms typically include 'fever, headaches, myalgia (muscle pain), vomiting and sore throat'. This can be followed by ...

Cow udders may provide a hotspot for bird flu and human flu viruses to mingle. The prospect of an outbreak of avian influenza among dairy cattle triggering a pandemic in humans is one step closer than ...

According to the Royal Papworth Hospital, influenza or ‘flu’, is a ‘viral infection that mainly affects the nose, throat and ...

A brand new virus, which may be able to jump to humans, has been detected in a mouse in Florida. The virus is a type of jeilongvirus, which have previously only been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and ...

New research shows how surface material and temperature change how long viruses survive and whether they can still spread.

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

The human body has always been crowded with microscopic passengers, from bacteria to viruses and fungi. Over the past two ...

Distinguishing between self and non-self is a critical ability of the immune system. Some pathogens have evolved proteins that resemble those of their host, a mechanism called molecular mimicry, in an ...