Here’s a look at Zika virus, an illness spread through mosquito bites that can cause birth defects and other neurological defects. Zika virus is a flavivirus, part of the same family as yellow fever, ...

Monkeypox has been on the public’s radar after news broke out that a British resident tested positive for the rare virus on May 6, 2022. While health experts have said that most people shouldn’t be at ...

As COVID-19 has spread, so have certain rumors, myths and other pieces of misinformation about the coronavirus. The Centers for Disease Control is encouraging the public to "share facts, not fear" and ...

As the Zika virus captures headlines across the United States, with its possible link to birth defects and the first cases reported in the U.S. (all traced back to overseas travel), it's an opportune ...

El Paso saw an increase in respiratory illnesses spread over the holidays as the city distributed fewer vaccines last year.

We still don’t know how the pandemic started. Here's what we do know — and why it matters. Credit...Illustration by Jules Julien Supported by By David Quammen David Quammen is the author of ...

Powassan virus, an extremely rare tick-borne illness, is trending after a severe case in a 3-year-old boy in Pennsylvania led to hospitalization. While swimming in a neighbor's pool, Jonny Simoson's ...

There’s a virus out there that has given Massachusetts public health officials serious anxiety, and tbh, they have a pretty good reason. Eastern Equine Encephalitis might sound like something only ...

1964 - First active case of Zika virus found in humans. While researchers had found antibodies in the blood of people in both Uganda and in Tanzania as far back as 1952, this is the first known case ...

1964 - First active case of Zika virus found in humans. While researchers had found antibodies in the blood of people in both Uganda and in Tanzania as far back as 1952, this is the first known case ...