Hantavirus has been all over the news lately due to a shocking outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

There’s an entire world of microbiomes living just under our noses. Although we can’t see them, bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms are as much a part of our daily lives as the air we breathe.

Explore how zoonotic diseases, from the Neolithic era to modern hantavirus outbreaks, have shaped humanity. Virologist ...

Global warming will expand the areas where animal viruses are detected, increasing risks in regions outside the tropics.

A shrimp virus called CMNV has jumped into humans, causing a new eye disease linked to handling and eating raw seafood. The ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people. The virus that causes AIDS, for example, crossed over from ...

Trespassers continue ignoring the warnings of a deadly virus lurking within this Uganda cave, and experts are concerned.

Experimental infections, where a pathogen is introduced into the host body to see its effects in action, are considered the ...