Routine use of rapid respiratory virus testing in the emergency department (ED) appears to show limited benefit among patients with signs and symptoms of acute respiratory infection (ARI), according ...

The global effort to develop a rapid antigen test for the Bundibugyo Ebola virus has identified five potential manufacturers, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.

Researchers from The University of Queensland have made a dust from baker's yeast that can detect COVID-19 and could safeguard communities against future pandemics. The powdery "nanoprobes" developed ...

Nearly a year after a wild bird infected with H5N1 avian flu presumably passed its viral baggage to a dairy cow in the Texas panhandle — which has subsequently led to the infection of more than 700 ...

Dr. Prince will provide an overview of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV), including the distinctions between HSV-1 and HSV-2, their anatomical sites of infection, and the mechanisms underlying viral ...

According to the Vermont Department of Health, Jamestown Canyon Virus has been detected in Northwestern Vermont for the first ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. MADISON, WI - JUNE 06: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Wildlife ...

DALLAS — West Nile Virus peaks in the U.S. from mid-August to early September, but mosquitos are already testing positive for the virus around North Texas. Four locations in three counties have ...

The ongoing hantavirus outbreak carries disturbing echoes of the early days of COVID: people falling ill on a cruise ship from a relatively unknown pathogen, with no validated test available to ...

No humans have been infected by the virus at this time, according to Austin Public Health.