It took authorities two weeks to unravel the mystery surrounding the celebrity couple’s death when they revealed Arakawa, 65, had contracted the fatal virus. Hantavirus is caught through contact ...

World Health Organization is preparing for future pandemics. It tested global readiness with 'Exercise Polaris'. The exercise ...

Health officials in Hood River County, Ore., are investigating three cases of Creutzfeld Jakob disease. Two have died and a ...

A deadly disease is on the rise: dengue, a mosquito-borne virus that already affects millions and is spreading even further due to climate change. Despite its growing threat, dengue is hard to ...

Virginia Tech researchers seek to understand the environmental factors that influence the distribution of hantavirus in rodent populations across the United States.

Affected populations: Hantavirus disease is a rare but potentially deadly respiratory illness that is caused by a family of ...