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Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is rapidly spreading across the US West Coast, peaking in January. HMPV causes cold-like symptoms such as cough, fever, runny nose, wheezing, and shortness of breath. The ...

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 ...

The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal cancer, yet it also lives quite happily in most healthy people. A study by ...

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 ...

With fifth disease, you may develop flu-like symptoms, a red cheek rash, or joint pain in adults. Fifth disease spreads through respiratory droplets and most commonly affects children. Pregnant people ...

A nasty, highly contagious form of norovirus called “winter vomiting disease” is spreading across the country, including in Virginia, according to an analysis of wastewater at two surveillance sites ...