Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...

Deadly viruses throughout history From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than ...

Bullish on their success, the global public health enterprise turned to another threat: polio. Eliminating polio would ...

A non-profit organisation, Wild Africa, has sought urgent and consistent action to reduce the risk of future pandemics by ...

This article appeared in the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health magazine.The WHO's declaration of ...

Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over ...

The virus, spread by ticks, can cause a disease that leads to swelling of the brain and permanent health problems in half of severe cases.

Global health advocates are concerned that the U.S. is halting support for the the Gavi program that immunized roughly 1.1 ...

According to the study, two new henipaviruses found in fruit bats near farms may spread to humans or animals through ...

Scientists have discovered 20 new viruses in bats from China, including two henipaviruses similar to deadly strains. This raises concerns over possible virus transmission to humans via contaminated ...

The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts of West Africa is the largest on record. In fact, West Africa has seen more cases of the disease in 2014 than have been seen in all other ...