The virus behind the latest Ebola outbreak is the Bundibugyo virus, which is less common and there is no vaccine or treatment.

What is it, how is it caused, what the symptoms are and the line of treatment available, know all this and more here.

There is no cure for the hantavirus that has so far sickened at least nine people and killed three of them on a cruise ship outbreak, but several therapies have shown promise in animal studies

But it has been hard to attract interest in medical interventions for viruses that have not been considered a top public health priority, scientists say.

Cold, flu and COVID may get the most attention, but a lesser-known, highly contagious virus is taking the West Coast by storm. Wastewater SCAN data show that human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, is rampant in Northern California — specifically San Francisco ...

Avian influenza can jump species from birds to humans, a fact that arouses concern for serious illness and broader human transmission. In this report, avian influenza A(H5N5) was shown to cause

A hantavirus outbreak aboard a luxury cruise ship that has left three people dead is veering into the fringe. Online, a growing number of social media users are floating ivermectin as a possible treatment for the rare infectious disease,

Kell calls hantaviruses “wild,” with sporadic outbreaks. Doing a clinical trial on a possible therapy or vaccine for such a rare, dangerous disease is no easy task. “We don’t have a big cohort of people that we know are likely to be exposed and likely to be infected,” Kell says.

MANCHESTER and LONDON, England — Alison Starkie spends her days tracking down people who need testing or treatment for hepatitis C, especially those who are unhoused or actively using drugs. Starkie,

The director-general of WHO has also expressed deep concern “about the scale and speed of the epidemic” as reported deaths rise.