New research highlights the increased risk of heart attacks and strokes triggered by common respiratory viruses like flu and ...

As part of the same plan, he also promised an additional $1.2 billion in funding toward discovering new compounds that can treat SARS-CoV-2 as well as other emerging viruses with pandemic potential.

A group of little-known bat viruses may be dangerously close to acquiring the ability to infect humans, raising alarms among virologists about the next potential spillover event. According to a new ...

A more effective vaccine technology may be on the horizon. In a new study in mice, researchers from the University of ...

Influenza (or flu) is an example of an emerging disease that is due to both natural and human factors. Influenza virus is infamous for its ability to change its genetic information. Large changes in ...

During the study, the team detected 125 viruses, including 36 that have never been discovered before. “39 of these viruses, including 13 new ones, may pose a 'high risk' of passing from one ...

There is no cure for the common cold. But there are cures — or at least vaccines — for other viruses, and researchers are working hard to build a toolbox to be able to rapidly develop vaccines for new ...

More than 8,000 cases of Oropouche virus have been reported this year as of August 1. Most have been in South America, but infections are also spreading in countries where it hasn’t been seen ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ...

It wound up setting off a pandemic that exposed deep inequities in the global health system and reshaped public opinion about how to control deadly emerging viruses. The virus is still with us ...

If a mosquito or a midge – a tiny biting fly – bites an infected critter and then goes for a blood meal from a human, the virus can take root and cause illness. Where is it “emerging”?