Viruses

A Dutch foreign ministry spokesperson confirmed that two Dutch passengers had died

The country has the capacity to contain such outbreaks, it adds

Experts say the discovery is scientifically significant, though it’s still too early to know how dangerous the new viruses might be

MARBURG virus had killed 12 people in Rwanda as of early October, touching off the nation’s first confirmed outbreak of the highly virulent disease that can have a fatality rate of close to 90 per cen...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is due to host an emergency meeting on Friday (Aug 16) to discuss ways to ensure fair global access to tests, treatments and vaccines for mpox, a leading official s...

The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued huma...

Bavarian Nordic, the only company with a vaccine approved for mpox in the US and Europe, wants permission to use the jab for adolescents as a new variant of the virus spreads.

China announced on Friday (Aug 16) it will begin screening people and goods entering the country for mpox over the next six months, just two days after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the...

Britain said on Monday (Nov 27) it had detected a first human case of flu strain A(H1N2)v, which is similar to a virus currently circulating in pigs, and that the individual concerned had experienced ...