A case of Chikungunya virus on Long Island was locally acquired, health officials say Heath officials confirmed the first locally acquired case of the painful mosquito-borne disease chikungunya, ...

Just 16 days into 2026, there was a report of the first hantavirus detection of the year in California. Whilst it is not ...

Viruses are tiny — and sneaky. So sneaky that some play a deadly game of hide and seek. The "seek" part is all too familiar: They're always looking for ways to infect humans. Their ability to hide is ...

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Chikungunya, which is endemic in parts of South America, Africa and Asia, may be the cause of a woman’s illness. By Joseph Goldstein Health officials said they were investigating whether the ...

The Boston Public Health Commission has confirmed that a man in Boston has been infected with the Zika virus and is expected to recover. On Thursday, the Boston Public Health Commission announced that ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mesa County’s late-summer measles outbreak started with three children who brought the virus back from an out-of-state trip, ultimately passing it on to ...