In a world still feeling the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, news of a potential new viral threat can quickly raise alarm. That was the case following reports in India of a recent outbreak of ...

What you need to know: The Director General of Health Services, Dr Charles Olaro, said Uganda has not registered any case or outbreak of Nipah virus The government has dismissed reports circulating on ...

KINSHASA -- The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday declared a new outbreak of Ebola in the central province of Kasai, the country's 16th since 1976. Health Minister ...

What is Nipah virus? Learn about its symptoms, transmission, and prevention measures to help reduce outbreaks and protect public health.

The virus — called Nipah — kills more than half of the people it infects. Nipah virus, which was named after the village in Malaysia where the first known patient lived, is part of the same family of ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Respiratory virus season has ramped up across the country, and health experts say we likely haven’t reached the peak of these illnesses yet. It’s important to know which ...

Kidney disease can cause facial swelling, itchiness, and blisters. Symptoms can depend on the stage of kidney disease. Uremic leontiasis ossea is a rare and severe complication of advanced kidney ...

As many families are preparing to gather for the holidays, influenza (flu) cases are spiking across the country. According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stuffy noses and bothersome coughs aren’t the only winter illness symptoms making the rounds right now. Lots of people are also ...

Health officials are sounding the alarm as cases of norovirus — sometimes called “winter vomiting disease” — spread across the U.S. The virus typically peaks during the winter months and is highly ...

Cases of “winter vomiting disease,” are on the increase across the U.S. with health officials saying they’ve seen a surge in norovirus cases since mid-October. Wastewater tracking from the Centers for ...

Ethiopia is now facing one of the most dangerous viral threats known to modern medicine, as the Marburg virus continues to spread in parts of the country. With six confirmed deaths and dozens of ...