Secondary infections caused by bacteria or viruses during hospital care remain a long-standing global challenge, despite advances in modern medicine. In particular, mixed bacterial-viral infections in ...

Travel advisories have been issued for the Seychelles, Bolivia, Cuba, Suriname and Sri Lanka due to chikungunya outbreaks.

A new year might mean new viral threats. Old viruses are constantly evolving. A warming and increasingly populated planet puts humans in contact with more and different viruses. And increased mobility ...

Which one of these viral outbreaks is more lethal and comes with high fatality rate? Read on to know everything about NiV and ...

Bangladeshi researchers have uncovered an emerging bat-borne virus in archived throat swabs and viral cultures from five ...

A new study suggests that people may experience the same virus differently based on how quickly the cells in their noses respond to the virus and contain it.

A resurfaced video claims chickenpox vaccination fuels shingles outbreaks. Studies show shingles is less common among vaccinated kids.

Because measles is so contagious, experts say that vaccination rates need to be above about 95 percent to stem the spread of ...

The consequences of the anti-vaccine movement reach beyond today’s controversies. Scott Gottlieb is a former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. He serves on the boards of Pfizer and ...

A 25-year-old nurse in West Bengal has died from Nipah virus infection, marking the state’s first recorded fatality. The highly fatal virus spreads from bats or through close human contact and can ...

WHO noted low transmission risk as it called Nipah virus rare but serious infection. Check WHO director general Tedros ...