Viruses stand as the ocean's most prolific biological entities, vastly surpassing their microbial hosts in number. Long considered merely pathogenic agents, ...

The Peter Kim Lab was recently awarded $18 million by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness to create a vaccine to protect ...

Have you seen the Photo of the Day and Shout-outs in Patch AM? Show off your photography and love of Santa Cruz by sharing ...

Shipley Energy reports that improving indoor air quality is key to preventing flu spread this season, emphasizing ventilation ...

Forget colorful leaves. Any caregiver knows that the real signs of fall are kids with coughs, sneezes and sniffles. Autumn marks the ...

Shankar, Delhi Zoo’s lone African elephant, has died from a suspected rare rodent-borne virus and it is India’s first recorded case. The 29 year old’s death highlights serious concerns over animal ...

When teenagers or adults do get hand, foot and mouth disease, symptoms are usually mild or may not appear at all. Some adults ...

"Though mosquito season is now over, this case serves as a reminder that mosquitoes carrying disease were still biting after ...

With the recent rains comes West Nile virus. Know the symptoms of the mosquito-borne illness and how to prevent it.

The FCS in SARS-CoV-2 is one of the features that helps it to infect humans. So finding something very similar in this new ...

A meeting of the Pan American Health Organization this week will address the resurgence of measles in the Americas ...

A dangerous type of bird flu virus (called H5N1) continues to circulate among dairy cows in the US. The virus targets the ...