Intrepid microbe hunters have discovered 20 new viruses lurking in the bat populations of the orchards of southwestern China.

Oropouche virus disease was a relatively rare illness for decades, lurking on the margins of tropical rainforests in the Caribbean and South America. Sporadic reports of an infection causing fevers, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Illinois' first human case of the West Nile virus of 2025. Find out ...

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

"I didn't take the risk of not getting the vaccine as it's such a deadly disease," the Gen Z traveler told Newsweek.

Scientists in China have discovered a host of never-before-seen viruses in bats that live near humans. These viruses include ...

The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District found West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes in Evanston for the first time this ...

Five years removed from the onset of Covid-19's global sweep, research into another subset of the coronavirus has scientists ...

A woman is left shocked when a bat she rescued turned out to have had a rabies-like virus.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bats are responsible for about 7 in 10 rabies deaths among ...