January 13, 2025 (Julian) - A deer mouse collected on Jan. 3, 2025, in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, has tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus. Finding hantavirus in wild rodents is ...

Researchers found first strain of henipavirus in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals that ...

The nation’s first incident of whooping cough was reported in southern Taiwan, while the first case of hantavirus infection was reported in the north on Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Kenneth Perry, MD, an emergency physician in South Carolina, said his hospital has recently seen an uptick in emergency department visits tied to these infections. "From cough to nasal congestion ...

Fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot and ringworm, occur when one type of fungal microbe becomes too prevalent in one area of the body so that the immune system cannot defeat it.

This can include the mouth, genitals and anus. The infection, formerly known as monkeypox, can be passed on through close person-to-person contact with someone who has the infection or with ...

According to the WHO, the average fatality rate is around 50% but as many as 88% of infected patients can die depending on the strain and infection management. The virus is transmitted to people ...

Research in the Department ranges from the fundamental biology of infectious diseases to the development and application of new approaches to treatment. The Department of Infectious Disease is ...

ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be ...

With cases soaring nearly 2.6 times higher than in previous years, experts warn that climate change and expanding transmission zones are fueling the rise of neuroinvasive Toscana virus infections ...

in many hantavirus-infected acutely ill patients, to inform on the specific virus causing infection and the viral load in the blood, allowing a better understanding of clinical course and ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new estimates suggesting around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 live with a genital herpes infection. That's equivalent to one in ...