A virus plaguing shrimp and other seafood might also be responsible for an emerging eye disease in people that can cause permanent blindness, recent research suggests. Scientists in China have linked ...

A virus that typically infects marine animals, such as shrimp and fish, has jumped to humans and is causing chronic eye disease in some people, according to a study published in the journal Nature ...

It may be spring, but virus season isn’t over yet. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Flu and Covid, including a new variant called BA ...

A new COVID variant – dubbed Cicada – is being monitored by the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization. First detected in 2024 in South Africa, Cicada, officially known as ...

A stomach virus that can prove fatal in small children is surging in California, recent data shows. But is it in Texas? WastewaterSCAN, which monitors traces of viruses in municipal wastewater, ...

Rotavirus is spreading in California and across the U.S., wastewater and federal data show, with high levels of the diarrhea-causing infection reported in every region but the Midwest. The ...

A heavily mutated variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 appears to be affecting primarily children, scientists say, though it’s not causing more severe disease – in kids or in adults. Rather, ...

A new variant of the virus that causes COVID is spreading in the U.S. The “Cicada” variant, officially known as BA.3.2, was first detected in South Africa in November 2024. But infection rates in the ...

If you're having cold or flu-like symptoms and don't have RSV or COVID-19 – it may be human metapneumovirus, or HMPV. Symptoms include cough, fever, nasal congestion and shortness of breath.

A COVID-19 variant is buzzing back to life after years of flying under the radar. Nicknamed “Cicada” for its long hibernation period and noisy return, the strain is now fueling a steady rise in cases ...