The U.S. has reported its first death due to bird flu, aka H5N1. How deadly is H5N1? Experts discuss bird flu fatality rate amid ongoing outbreak.

The World Health Organisation has issued a warning over a suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg Virus. The virus is believed to have been found in the Kagera region of the United Republic of ...

The risk of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is on the rise, along with that of other illnesses including the flu, ...

While there is a whole host of viruses going around, there are thankfully no new viruses to fret about—the ones we have are ...

COVID-19 has continued to claim lives at an average rate of about 900 deaths per week in the U.S. over the past year.

An uptick of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) cases in China has raised concerns over another pandemic, which appear to be ...

While cases are climbing in China, the situation is very different from what it was when Covid-19 emerged five years ago, ...

As spikes in a respiratory virus and images of overwhelmed intensive care units emerge, there is a worrying echo of the early days of Covid. Zoë Beaty asks if Beijing is downplaying what is happening ...

The world has been put on alert after China was hit by a new HMPV outbreak that has been spreading rapidly across the nation.