The Nipah virus is the latest zoonotic pathogen to have the world on alert. (RUSLANAS BARANAUSKAS/Science Photo Library/) ...

Zoonotic diseases originate in animals but can become highly dangerous when transmitted to humans. Pathogens such as rabies ...

Viruses are tiny — and sneaky. So sneaky that some play a deadly game of hide and seek. The "seek" part is all too familiar: They're always looking for ways to infect humans. Their ability to hide is ...

Viruses are tiny — and sneaky. So sneaky that some play a deadly game of hide and seek. The "seek" part is all too familiar: They're always looking for ways to infect humans. Their ability to hide is ...

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 ...

Most people are dying too soon, says a study by the Center for the Biology of Chronic Disease (CBCD). Latent viruses, which lie dormant in the human body, increase all-cause mortality. And almost ...

The Belgian site of Sint-Truiden stood out, yielding the highest number of cases and evidence that both viral species circulated within the same community. "While HHV-6 infects almost 90% of the human ...

For centuries, the nature of a fever — and whether it's good or bad — has been hotly contested. In ancient Greece, the physician Hippocrates thought that fever had useful qualities, and could cook an ...