Contrary to prevailing belief, an evolutionary analysis finds no evidence that most viruses with epidemic or pandemic potential that jumped from animals to people were shaped by selection in a lab or ...

Emergency room visits due to respiratory disease are dropping in our area- are they forecasted to stay that way?

Virologists across the globe are raising alarms over the spread of the H5N1 avian flu virus, which is now infecting not just birds, but cattle and humans. While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

The new and highly infectious 'Super-K' flu is spreading rapidly across the US and Australia.

Vaccine myths have outlived the studies that disproved them, and the gap between what the evidence shows and what many parents believe continues to widen. Large-scale cohort studies involving hundreds ...

In recent weeks, seasonal influenza activity has been decreasing across the country, and the severity assessment has been downgraded from “elevated” to “moderate.” The CDC estimates that there have ...

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory virus without a vaccine, is being detected in California wastewater and rising ...

In Santa Cruz County, WastewaterSCAN data shows the highest levels reported in three years worth of data.

Human metapneumovirus, a little-known respiratory virus, is circulating in Northern California as flu and COVID cases decline.

The Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, will depart the agency next month, an FDA spokesperson ...

RFK Jr. wanted parents to question the science. A study of 12 million newborns shows they listened.

It’s not just the flu spreading around the U.S. National tracking shows another respiratory virus that has no vaccine and no ...