It’s the season for flu and illnesses, but one virus in particular, adenovirus, has spread rapidly throughout the country ...

The _Aedes_ mosquito is a vector of several viral diseases, including eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, and West Nile fever. Lee Haines, CC BY-ND Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with ...

Lurking in the vast expanse of the ocean and buried deep in the Siberian permafrost, there are giants—not blue whales and ...

The past winter was a heavy one for respiratory viruses, dominated by surges of RSV, influenza and COVID-19. But just as it was winding down, a little-known virus that causes many of the same symptoms ...

News reports and social media posts are warning of a new outbreak of a little-known virus called human metapneumovirus (HMPV) ...

Florida is now under a mosquito-borne illness alert, as cases of dengue virus ripple across the state. There have been 11 cases of the virus reported in the state this year, most occurring in ...

Neanderthals may have caught the same viruses that cause modern colds, cold sores, and some cancers. It's possible ancient humans introduced these unfamiliar viruses to their relatives. Understanding ...