Four times as many COVID patients were admitted to intensive care in Australia's third wave of the virus than in the first two combined, resea

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization has decided the recent outbreak of the monkeypox virus is not a global health emergency currently.

A study published in Nature Medicine found that monkeypox viruses from the current outbreak have on average 50 differences in their DNA compared to

Viral hemorrhagic fever is spread by contact with animals and can constitute a "public health emergency of international concern."

The virus is continuing to evolve during the current outbreak, including a number of small changes in the genetic code, minor gene variants, and a

An oral antiviral drug that targets a key part of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) polymerase and inhibits the synthesis of viral genetic mate

For the general public doing day-to-day activities, getting infected with monkeypox is pretty low risk at this point in time.”

While health officials have all the tools they need to contain it—primarily contact-tracing and vaccines—right now the virus is moving faster than

Office for National Statistics reports highest estimate for total coronavirus infections since April

At least twenty states now have confirmed cases of the fast-spreading monkeypox virus.

BAY COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - The first mosquito-borne virus of 2022 has been detected in Michigan mosquitoes collected in in Bay County.

With there being the presence of the West Nile Virus in seven counties in Illinois, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reminding th

Some cases of long COVID may be the immune system's response to a SARS-CoV-2 infection lurking somewhere in the body, new findings from a smal

As global monkeypox cases have passed 3,300, your guide to understanding the symptoms, who can get vaccinated, travel advisories and more

So it turns out, 2022 really does seem to be the year for infectious diseases: with Covid-19 cases rising again, a reported outbreak of monkeypox a

Polio virus found in London sewage samples stresses how diseases can make a comeback and why slackening immunisation programmes can reverse decades

The UK Heath Security Agency (UKHSA) is reporting several traces of poliovirus have been detected in London sewage samples over the past few months

The U.K.

Health officials in Britain are warning parents to ensure their children have been vaccinated against polio after the virus that causes the disease

A type of poliovirus derived from vaccines has been detected in London sewage samples, the World Health Organization and British health officials s

Health officials say several polioviruses were found in London in recent months, but say "the risk to the public overall is extremely low.&quo

While it may sometimes feel like it, COVID is certainly not over. Every single day, people all across the U.S.

U.K. health authorities have said they are urgently investigating a rare polio virus outbreak in sewage samples in London.

The virus which causes polio has been detected in a concerning number of sewage samples in London, health officials have said.