Orthohantaviruses, such as the Puumala virus, are widespread in Europe, causing flu-like illnesses and severe kidney damage in those infected. It is increasingly considered a zoonotic threat.

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The avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in Vancouver has mutations in key areas that could help the virus spread more easily in humans, scientists say. There is no indication that ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There are documented cases of canine coronavirus infection and influenza D exposure in humans. The true burden ...

India is moving quickly to contain a Nipah virus outbreak in the eastern state of West Bengal after two cases were confirmed by the federal health ministry. Nearly 200 people have been quarantined ...

Nipah virus is rare, deadly, and tightly monitored, but for travelers and the US public, awareness beats alarm. Nipah virus is back. It has not hit the US yet, but it has quietly reminded public ...

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal ...