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Cold, flu and COVID may get the most attention, but a lesser-known, highly contagious virus is taking the West Coast by storm. Wastewater SCAN data show that human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, is rampant ...

The New York City Department of Health confirmed the first case of a severe strain of the mpox virus, formerly known as monkeypox, in New York City. Health officials said Friday that the case is ...

The first known case of a severe strain of the mpox virus has been detected in New York City — and health officials are recommending those at risk get vaccinated. The case of “mpox clade I” is ...

Health officials in southern China are waging war on mosquitoes as the government tries to fight the spread of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. Most people infected with the virus develop ...

Orthohantaviruses, such as the Puumala virus, are widespread in Europe, causing flu-like illnesses and severe kidney damage in those infected. It is increasingly considered a zoonotic threat.

Cases of the lesser-known respiratory virus human metapneumovirus are continuing to spike in Georgia and states around the country. The pneumonia- and bronchitis-causing infection made up 6.4 percent ...

Most pandemic viruses that have jumped from animals to humans do not show signs of special adaptations to infect people, except the 1977 influenza outbreak, which was likely “sparked by a laboratory ...

More than 150 people got sick in a norovirus outbreak on a Princess Cruises ship. Among the 4,307 guests aboard Star Princess, 104 reported being ill during its current voyage, along with 49 crew ...

A norovirus outbreak sickened more than 150 passengers and crew aboard a Princess cruise ship as it sailed through the Caribbean last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

A virus with no treatment or cure is spreading rapidly in the US — although officials have urged people not to panic yet. Human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, is transmitted via coughs or contact with a ...