One person had died from the disease. In early January, a backyard flock keeper hospitalized with bird flu in Louisiana ...

It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues.

“This year, [cases seem] to be out of control,” said Dr. Allison Agwu, a professor of adult and pediatric infectious diseases ...

Scientists have found the clearest evidence yet that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) – which nearly all of us carry for life – is ...

Cuba has been gripped by an outbreak of the viral disease chikungunya, as it battles shortages of clean water, food, fuel and ...

A Washington state man is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials ...

The United States may be heading into its second severe flu season in a row, driven by a mutated strain called subclade K ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) has identified a new travel-related case of dengue virus on ...

Scientists were pleased when they learned more about how the common cold gains a foothold in the body, identifying key ...

The viral illness comes on the heels of Cuba's slow recovery from Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall Oct. 29 in Santiago ...

Aedes albopictus is a widespread invasive mosquito in Hawai’i. Photo Credit: James Gathany, CDC.

A person came down with an atypical form of pneumonia in November 2002, but it would be two months before anyone realized it ...