It was July 2014, and two Americans were dying of Ebola in Liberia, the epicenter of the deadliest outbreak of the virus in ...
Copyright: © 2024 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the 2014–16 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, which was the ...
The New York City Department of Health confirmed the first case of a severe strain of the mpox virus, formerly known as monkeypox, in New York City. Health officials said Friday that the case is ...
Health officials in southern China are waging war on mosquitoes as the government tries to fight the spread of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. Most people infected with the virus develop ...
A little-known virus that causes nasty flu-like symptoms is spreading in California — and it doesn’t have a vaccine. Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been steadily rising since winter began, ...
Since its first documentation in 1976 there have been over three dozen outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in Central and West Africa, the largest of which resulted in the death of over 11,000 people ...
In September 2019, a pregnant 23-year-old woman tested positive for EBOV at 28 weeks’ gestation (day 1). She was admitted to the Ebola treatment unit (ETU) in Butembo, DRC. She presented with symptoms ...
Orthohantaviruses, such as the Puumala virus, are widespread in Europe, causing flu-like illnesses and severe kidney damage in those infected. It is increasingly considered a zoonotic threat.
Arboviruses — viruses transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes and ticks — have long been considered a problem of the tropics. That view no longer holds. As climate change, urbanization and global ...
A detailed 3D map of a bacteria-hunting virus reveals ancient origins and new promise against superbugs. A research team led by the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka has created a highly ...