Data on the number of cases for these diseases from the pre-vaccine era is hard to come by, and even the case counts are ...

A new mutated variant of Mpox has been identified in Democratic Republic of Congo, with health authorities concerned over ...

The NHS website provides images of each stage to help identify what phase a person might be in with the virus, reports the Mirror. Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella ...

Norovirus is a common and very contagious virus. (Image Credits: Pixabay) A suspected norovirus outbreak on the P&O cruise ship has led to passengers “dropping like flies”. Reportedly ...

A newly discovered bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, similar to the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been identified in China. The discovery was made by a team of virologists led by Shi ...

Farmers and smallholders are being urged to stay vigilant for signs of a virus called Bluetongue. A restriction zone has been extended to most of south Somerset by the Department for Environment ...

By William J. Broad In 1999, William J. Broad and two colleagues wrote a comprehensive article on the past, present and future of the smallpox virus. Feb. 12, 2025 President Trump’s order that ...

smallpox virus already have protection? The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) isn’t betting on it.

All research involving the virus samples requires approval from a special World Health Organization committee of experts. The World Health Assembly, the governing body of WHO, originally scheduled ...

Two high-security labs, one in the U.S. and one in Russia, still maintain live variola virus. Some officials—including D.A. Henderson, the researcher who led the WHO’s global smallpox eradication ...