The name "hantavirus" traces from the Hantaan River on the Korean Peninsula, not from Hebrew slang.

With the recent contractions of hantavirus on a cruise ship, many are wondering how hantavirus differs from COVID-19.

Virologist Jay Hooper is developing a vaccine for the rare rodent virus behind an outbreak on a cruise ship. An outbreak of ...

What Is Dengue and Why Is It Serious? Dengue is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause flu-like symptoms, including fever, nausea, rash, and severe body aches. In more serious cases, it can lead to ...

Most hantaviruses are not known to spread between people. Andes virus is the exception. After the initial spillover from ...

Four and a half years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are once again enjoying time with friends and family and doing their favorite things. But the virus that causes COVID-19 keeps ...

New York State Department of Health officials are investigating a possible locally acquired case of the chikungunya virus in Nassau County. If confirmed, the case would mark the first-ever ...

A 13-year-old girl in British Columbia who was hospitalized with bird flu for several weeks late last year harbored a mutated version of the virus, according to a report published this week in the New ...