Mérieux introduces WATCHFIRE, a multiplex PCR wastewater testing system that detects over 40 pathogens within an hour, aiding ...

A new method at the University of Missouri could transform how Rocky Mountain spotted fever is diagnosed. The method detects ...

Researchers detected Usutu virus RNA in nine of 818 wild carnivores sampled across the Netherlands, while no animals tested ...

Mosquitoes in the Grant Park neighborhood of Atlanta have tested positive for West Nile Virus, according to Fulton County health officials. Fulton County Board of Health Environmental Health mosquito ...

A bowl of seaweed salad may hold more power than many people realize. Scientists in Australia now say compounds taken from seaweed could help stop norovirus, one of the world’s most contagious ...

As of July 1, a total of 1,460 confirmed cases, including 452 deaths, have been reported from the DRC, and as of July 2, Uganda reported 20 confirmed cases, including two deaths and one person who ...

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has added the first molecular diagnostic test for Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) to its Emergency Use Listing (EUL). The test detects the virus by identifying its ...

Scientists racing to develop potential vaccines and treatments against a deadly Ebola outbreak are having to do so without a viable sample of the virus, highlighting growing disputes over pathogen ...

Scientists believe that the Bundibugyo virus persists in an animal species, occasionally spilling over into humans. But they have yet to identify the species. By Carl Zimmer See more of our coverage ...

Bundibugyo virus is a relatively rare orthoebolavirus that has caused only two previously recognized disease outbreaks but remains capable of producing severe epidemic disease with substantial ...

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — Health officials are urging residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites after mosquitoes collected in Williamson County tested positive for West Nile virus. The ...

The first detected presence of West Nile virus has been reported in Wilmette this year, after a mosquito sample pool tested positive on June 16, officials say. West Nile positive mosquitos were also ...