Two suspected Nipah virus cases have been reported in West Bengal, prompting authorities to deploy a National Joint Outbreak ...

Two suspected Nipah virus cases in West Bengal’s Barasat have put health authorities on high alert. Amid the disease outbreak ...

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Adenovirus isn’t as well-known as flu or COVID, but it’s one of the most common viruses people catch — especially in childhood. In fact, most people will have been infected at least once before the ...

A little-known disease spread by insect bites has turned deadly, and health officials are sounding the alarm. More than 8,000 cases of Oropouche virus have been reported this year as of August 1. Most ...

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An uncommon tick-borne illness called Powassan virus is making headlines in New England right now because a newborn baby in Massachusetts is believed to have it. Here in Connecticut, the CDC says ...

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They came for blood — and left behind something worse. Thousands of people in China have been infected with a painful mosquito-borne virus, triggering the country’s most aggressive public health ...

Oropouche virus disease, sometimes called Oropouche fever or sloth fever, is an illness caused by the Oropouche virus that’s spread mostly by biting midges. Oropouche virus is found mostly in a few ...