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The United States may be heading into its second severe flu season in a row, driven by a mutated strain called subclade K ...

As summer turns to fall, it's still mosquito season in Wisconsin — which means West Nile virus is still circulating. The state Department of Health Services announced Thursday that two Wisconsin ...

According to BBC reporting, experts in the U.K. predict the country will have a severe flu season, too, based on an early ...

For decades, the flu virus in the shots you’re offered every fall has been grown in chicken eggs. Now, scientists are trying ...

The satellite virus MiniFlayer (purple) infects cells by attaching itself to the neck of its helper virus, MindFlayer (gray). Tagide deCarvalho, CC BY-SA Have you ever wondered whether the virus that ...

Having the flu is a lousy experience, regardless of the type you have. While news of a rough flu season ahead (spurred by subclade K) continues to make headlines, there are two main types of flu, A ...

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.45. The mpox outbreak in several African nations has slowed and countries ...

West Nile virus is responsible for hundreds of deaths in the United States each year, and now scientists are worried that mosquitoes carrying the virus — and others — are becoming harder to kill.

Health officials in India are racing to contain an outbreak of Nipah virus after a teenage boy died from an infection over the weekend, the latest in a series of outbreaks in the region of the ...

Scientists are developing all sorts of potential new treatments to tackle the most difficult cancer cases—including some that will make you thankful for the existence of herpes and other viruses.