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 ...

Bird flu has been rampaging through wildlife and farm animals worldwide. Will it make the long-feared jump to humans?

HMPV Virus Signs And Symptoms: China is struck with another pandemic-like situation with an outbreak of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) which has left hospitals and crematories overcrowded. Videos ...

Urban wild bees carry microbial signatures in their guts that reveal stresses of city living, from limited food to pollution ...

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 ...

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 ...