Tourism at a cave swarming with bats known to have transmitted a deadly fever disease? The popularity of Uganda's Python Cave points to yet another way interactions at the animal-human interface—where ...

A COVID-19 variant is buzzing back to life after years of flying under the radar. Nicknamed “Cicada” for its long hibernation period and noisy return, the strain is now fueling a steady rise in cases ...

TRIAL ON 55 CHARGES TIED TO THE SHOOTING. WELL, IT’S BEEN A ROUGH COLD AND FLU SEASON, AND A LESSER KNOWN VIRUS IS NOW HITTING SCHOOLS AND OFFICES QUITE HARD. IT’S CALLED METAPNEUMOVIRUS OR HMPV, AND ...

There’s a virus you may have never heard of before that is estimated to infect up to 90 percent of people and lurks quietly in your cells for life—but if it becomes activated, it will destroy your ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a virus which can cause respiratory illness, have been surging over the last few ...

You may be sick with what feels like a nasty cold or a case of the flu, but there’s another, lesser-known respiratory virus that could be to blame. Cases of human metapneumovirus, known as HMPV, are ...

The first known case of a severe strain of the mpox virus has been detected in New York City — and health officials are recommending those at risk get vaccinated. The case of “mpox clade I” is ...

One University of Kent student is confirmed to have died as of Sunday, March 15, a spokesperson for the college told PEOPLE Bailey Richards is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

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 ...