The discovery of a hybrid mpox virus and growing clade Ib infections reveal how mpox continues to evolve and spread in ...

This cat is going viral. A 7-year-old black shorthair named Pepper accidentally helped researchers discover a never-before-seen bug that could infect humans, the second time the cat has made a ...

A virus long thought to be harmless may actually play a role in Parkinson’s disease, a condition that affects more than one million Americans. Northwestern Medicine scientists discovered Human ...

With a new flu strain making headlines, a local doctor is answering key questions, including how effective the flu shot is ...

Health officials in New York confirmed a person tested positive for the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in what is the first locally acquired case in the United States since 2019. The transmission ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The St. Louis encephalitis virus — which is similar to West Nile virus — has been detected in Utah's mosquitoes, the Salt Lake County Health Department announced on Wednesday. A ...

Pepper the cat helps his owner, researcher John Lednicky, in an unusual way Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places ...

Autumn brings the arrival of cold and flu season to the Bay Area – and with it, higher rates of a contagious stomach bug that’s infamous for causing vomiting and diarrhea. Norovirus, often called the ...