Does the Nipah virus spread through the air? Is it always fatal? Doctor breaks down common myths and explains the real medical facts, transmission risks, fatality rates and prevention tips to help the ...

Microbiologists Patrick Moreira and Purificación López-García, together with virologists Arturo Ludmir and Lynn Enquist, are ...

Here’s a look at Zika virus, an illness spread through mosquito bites that can cause birth defects and other neurological defects. Zika virus is a flavivirus, part of the same family as yellow fever, ...

Whenever Nipah virus news appears, fear spreads faster than facts. Misleading social media posts, old videos, and half-truth ...

The Nipah virus was spotted in India where it infected two people. No cases of the potentially lethal virus have been ...

As COVID-19 has spread, so have certain rumors, myths and other pieces of misinformation about the coronavirus. The Centers for Disease Control is encouraging the public to "share facts, not fear" and ...

As the Zika virus captures headlines across the United States, with its possible link to birth defects and the first cases reported in the U.S. (all traced back to overseas travel), it's an opportune ...

Zika virus is a flavivirus, part of the same family as yellow fever, West Nile, chikungunya and dengue fever. Zika is primarily transmitted through the bite of an infected female Aedes aegypti ...