The FDA approved a vaccine for mumps nearly 60 years ago, so why are some areas of the United States experiencing outbreaks now, and who should be concerned?

A groundbreaking new study out of Northwestern Medicine may offer new hope for the more than one million Americans living with Parkinson’s disease. Researchers have identified a possible trigger for ...

A virus long thought to be harmless may actually play a role in Parkinson’s disease, a condition that affects more than one million Americans. Northwestern Medicine scientists discovered Human ...

Human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, is circulating in California. Learn what it is, symptoms, and how to prevent it.

Four people in Connecticut have tested positive for Powassan virus, the state department of health confirmed Monday, the first cases of the virus identified in Connecticut this year. Powassan virus is ...

Currently there is no vaccine to prevent this virus and no specific antiviral therapy to treat HMPV, according to the CDC.

Officials are alerting people about the Powassan virus disease, a non-treatable illness spread by ticks. The first fatal case of 2023 was confirmed in Maine. The Maine Center for Disease Control and ...

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has issued a warning to travelers in areas in South and Central America and the Caribbean affected by a current outbreak of Oropouche ...

Viruses constantly emerge and evolve, with some posing significant threats to human and animal health, while others remain confined to specific species. A recently identified example of the latter is ...

The West African country of Equatorial Guinea declared an outbreak of the Marburg virus disease in mid-February. There have been at least nine laboratory-confirmed cases, seven of which resulted in ...