The Chikungunya virus is spread by infected mosquitoes and causes symptoms like fever and severe joint pain. There is no specific medicine to treat the virus, and the best way to prevent it is by ...

Emergency rooms and urgent cares are seeing an increase of people being diagnosed with norovirus. This highly contagious virus is often referred to as “stomach flu” or “stomach bug,” but is different ...

Hepatitis B is a serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is a small DNA virus from the Hepadnaviridae family. If someone has this infection for a long time, it can lead to ...

Infectious diseases expert talks about rise in West Nile Virus cases in Kentucky. This year, there have been 19 cases of the West Nile Virus across the state. The Lexington-Fayette County Health ...

Although RSV is a frequent cause of acute respiratory infections (ARIs), an estimation of its incidence has proven challenging due to a lack of routine testing, overlapping clinical presentations with ...

In the summer of 2023, I connected with an epidemiologist from Kerala. A lush sliver of land along the Indian peninsula’s southwestern edge, it is a place of sleepy backwaters and rolling hills of ...

NORRISTOWN — As Montgomery County ramps up local prevention efforts against West Nile Virus, public health officials outlined ways they’re reducing exposure. The mosquito-borne disease is considered ...

The Lackawanna County West Nile Virus Prevention Program recently began its seasonal mosquito monitoring, with the first traps of the season set last week. Seasonal mosquito surveillance will continue ...

As tick season continues to pick up steam across the U.S., a Maine resident has been diagnosed with a potentially serious tick-borne illness. The adult, who lives in Hancock County, was hospitalized ...