The World Health Organization this week declared an outbreak of Ebola in Central Africa a public health emergency. Health ...

A map of hantavirus in the US shows 16 states where people exposed are monitored. One former cruise ship passenger tested ...

The virus's long incubation period is making it difficult for investigators to pinpoint where the infection occurred.

THE terrifying spread of hantavirus from the luxury MV Hondius cruise liner has caused concern amongst health chiefs across ...

Cases span more than a dozen states, with people getting sick from a strain of the bacterium that is showing resistance to a number of antibiotics. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ...

Type in your ZIP code above or search your county to see vaccination levels and the risk in your area. As measles has spread throughout the United States, with cases recently reaching a 33-year high, ...

Hantaviruses are groups of viruses – microscopic organisms that infect hosts – transmitted by mice and rats. They can cause serious, sometimes fatal, illnesses in people. Hantavirus disease is ...