Introduction: Dengue viruses (DENVs), the causative agents of dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome, undergo genetic mutations that result in new strains and lead to ongoing global ...

Dengue is a miserable illness caused by infection with any of the four dengue viruses (dengue-1, -2, -3 and -4). Infections have increased dramatically over the past two years while, at the same ...

International human and animal health experts warn the H5N1 avian influenza is evolving quickly and posing a global health threat as the virus is increasingly crossing species barriers and ...

WHO and FAO have published the full report of an exercise that ranked foodborne viruses according to frequency and severity. The first part of the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Food and ...

The highly pathogenic (H5N1) avian influenza (AI) virus, which has spread among birds and dairy cows, has been transmitted to humans, raising fears of a pandemic. Cases of dengue fever transmitted ...

The Butantan Institute submitted a request to Anvisa (Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency) on Monday (16) for the registration of its dengue vaccine for use in Brazil. The immunizer was ...

Jason Korb was sitting at his mom’s kitchen table when he was overcome by nausea, chills, a brutal headache behind his eyes and heavy fatigue that sent him straight to bed. For days he felt ...

But they can weaken your immune system, and colder, drier air can help respiratory viruses thrive. “That’s actually not an old wives’ tale,” Dr. Winston Rajendram, a family medicine ...

Health experts anticipated 214 dengue travel cases brought into the state from other countries. So far, the count is at 859, about four times the predictions. Here’s what that means for the future.

Birmingham has been hit by four different viruses, putting extreme strain on hospital services. Flu has come earlier and hit harder than in previous years, while cases of Covid-19, respiratory ...