The hantavirus outbreak on a stranded cruise ship highlights the growing threat of zoonotic diseases, infections that jump from animals to humans with potentially deadly consequences.

This rare virus, typically transmitted by mice and rats, is in the news because of a suspected outbreak on a cruise ship.

Spring is when wildlife from birds to deer to alligators nest or bear young, often close to humans. Wildlife experts say ...

Hantavirus infections primarily result from contact with infected rodent excretions. Symptoms include flulike indications, ...

Three people are dead and at least three others have fallen ill following a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a Dutch cruise ...

The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $21 billion for military barracks in its fiscal year 2027 budget request, the ...

The United States has approved military sales worth more than USD 8.6 billion to key West Asian allies, including Israel, ...

A look at the war-torn Palestinian enclave’s continuing crisis as negotiations between Hamas and Israel go on slowly.

TOM. NEIGHBORS BLAME THIS CONDEMNED HOME RIGHT HERE ON SOUTH HARRISBURG STREET AS THE SOURCE OF A RODENT INFESTATION, AS WELL AS AN AWFUL STENCH THAT HAS MADE LIFE HERE UNBEARABLE. THIS IS BAD. THIS ...

There's an ever-growing rat problem on Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains. "They're always running back and forth through there, up through the bushes and near the sidewalk. So, yeah its not comforting ...

HOLYOKE ― A red‑tailed hawk sat shaking in the bed of Tom Ricardi’s pickup last Sunday, disoriented and unable to fly. By Monday, it was dead. One more bird that Ricardi, a retired Massachusetts ...