American citizens (in blue) are evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship on May 10 in Tenerife, part of Spain’s Canary ...

That’s especially reassuring considering the seven U.S. passengers who got off the boat and flew home before the outbreak was flagged showed no symptoms during their travels, according to Dr. Jay ...

Recent hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship have sparked pandemic fears. Here is how hantavirus compares with COVID-19 ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is widespread among wildlife species, according to new research. The virus was detected in six common backyard species, and antibodies indicating prior ...

Infectious disease experts have sought to reassure people that the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak poses very low risks to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has activated its 24/7 emergency center and classified hantavirus as the ...

The human genome is cluttered with the remnants of ancient viruses. One of those viruses is the human betaherpesvirus 6A and ...

The world is full of microbes, and we don’t know anything about many of them. Lots of these microbes, which include bacteria, fungi, and viruses, are harmless. But others can affect us in different ...

TikTokers have been proudly flaunting their membership to “Group 7,” an exclusive club dictated by the mysterious whims of the algorithm. Despite the numerical similarity, Group 7 has nothing to do ...

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them are perpetually at war. Their deadly clashes push both kinds of microbes to evolve new traits that meet the challenges of every environment they inhabit, from ...

If you notice that your office is emptying out, chances are it’s because a respiratory virus that few people have actually heard of is circulating throughout Northern California. Dr. Monica Gandhi, an ...