The World Health Organization has said the risk of the deadly Nipah virus spreading was low after three cases of infection were recently confirmed in...

The World Health Organization has said the risk of the deadly Nipah virus spreading was low after three cases of infection were recently confirmed in...

In history, only smallpox was successfully eliminated from humans in 1980 through a global vaccination program. It is caused by the variola virus,...

A large outbreak of hysteria occurred in the media over the past week, regarding a small Nipah virus outbreak in eastern India. ‘Hysteria’...

Fences intended to protect cattle from catching diseases from wildlife and other livestock in southern Africa are in disrepair, restrict wild...

Imagine thousands of chatbots immersed in social media created specifically for them, a site where humans may watch but are not allowed to post. It...

By Jonathan Levy, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, Professor Emeritus of Environmental and...

New evidence suggests that mpox may be circulating quietly among healthy Nigerians, with some infections occurring without the symptoms that...

The States of Guernsey will continue to monitor cases of Nipah virus reported in India, it has said. Nipah can spread from animals to humans and is...

More than 50 skuas in Antarctica died from the high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 in the summers of 2023 and 2024, marking the first...