New research shows that deltaviruses can sneak into cells by hitchhiking inside other viruses, highlighting a previously ...

As plastic pollution worsens worldwide, scientists are uncovering a new and unsettling possibility. Tiny airborne fragments of plastic, known as micro- and nanoplastics, may do more than pollute the ...

For the past several weeks, many around the world and here in the U.S. saw a mysterious virus spreading in the city of Foshan in Southern China’s Guangdong Province and couldn’t help but think, here ...

Countries across Asia are increasing airport screenings after Nipah virus cases were detected in India, though officials say the outbreak has been contained. Nipah is a deadly zoonotic virus spread by ...

Flu cases are “very high” across much of Idaho, federal health experts say, and another respiratory virus is on the rise as ...

A new virus is going around the world, and experts say that it is stronger than COVID and flu. This has been termed as the new 'untreatable' mystery virus, and some even have warned that disinfectant ...

So far in 2025, the illness has sickened over 12,000 people in 11 countries across the Americas. Pale-throated sloths (Bradypus tridactylus) are one reservoir species for the Oropouche virus in the ...

Chikungunya, a painful mosquito-borne disease once mostly confined to tropical regions, could now be transmitted across large parts of Europe as rising temperatures caused by climate change allow ...

University of Toronto researchers have uncovered how bacterial viruses protect their progeny in order to maximize their reach. The phenomenon, described in a study published in Nature, relies on viral ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Asia, the countries in red are where there have been Nipah virus outbreaks. In yellow are the places where the particular bat ...