New research reveals how ancient pathogens, including plague and leprosy, entered human populations over 37,000 years.

The World Health Organization retired the name "monkeypox" in favor of mpox — since the virus is spread by rodents and small ...

West Nile virus has been detected in an animal for the first time in the state in 2025, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.A goat was exposed to West Nile virus in Lunenburg in ...

LIVINGSTON COUNTY, MI — Michigan’s first human case of the West Nile Virus in 2025 has been detected in a Livingston County resident. “It only takes one bite from an infected mosquito to cause a ...

The second case of West Nile virus was confirmed in a human this year in Massachusetts, the state health department said. A woman in her 60s in Essex County was exposed to the virus, the Massachusetts ...

An Atlantic County resident undergoing testing for West Nile is likely the first person in New Jersey to contract the mosquito-borne illness in 2025. Additional information about the resident wasn’t ...

Bengaluru: Three decades after the H5N1 influenza virus was first detected in birds, scientists say a particular branch of the virus is inching closer to becoming a serious human threat. Researchers ...