One of the most serious complications is the build-up of fluid in the lungs, significantly hindering breathing. Without immediate medical intervention, hantavirus can lead to respiratory failure, with ...

Health officials in Britain have published a list of the disease-causing viruses they believe pose the greatest risk to humans for the first time.

Marek’s disease can be pervasive in chicken houses. Chickens infected by this highly contagious viral disease often develop ...

Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a ...

Genetic engineering in non-human primates has long been limited by the need for virus-based gene delivery methods. Recently, ...

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Nearly every modern medical treatment can be traced to research funded by the National Institutes of Health: from over-the-counter and prescription medications that treat high ...

Teresa Whittaker doesn’t mince words when it comes to her 24-year career as a health care professional. “I’ve seen a lot of ...

Five years on from the first UK lockdown, the origin of the virus is still hotly contested. Dr Alina Chan was the scientist who was labelled a conspiracist when she went against the official view it ...

The Pandemic 5 Years On shared stories of those who had lost loved ones during the Coronavirus pandemic back in 2020.