The emergence of new viruses is often unpredictable, jumping as they might from infecting one species to another. A November ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - UPDATE: According to the Ouachita Parish Mosquito District and the Department of Health and Hospitals, three mosquito pools recently tested positive for West Nile virus. The ...

A sentinel chicken used by the Mobile County Health Department to detect mosquito-borne diseases in the community has tested ...

TUSCOLA COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - A horse had to be euthanized in Tuscola County after contracting West Nile Virus. The state said that the case was found in a 12-year-old horse and was euthanized ...

LANSING — A Tuscola County horse has been confirmed to have the West Nile Virus and was euthanized, state officials said Tuesday, the seventh domestic animal infection this year. On Oct. 12 ...

Lassa fever is a virus that is mostly found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. It is spread by West African multimammate rats, which are currently the only type known to carry Lassa virus, health ...

The patient, who hasn’t been publicly identified, had recently traveled to West Africa where the virus originates and can be found in the region’s rats, health officials said. The infected ...

Early information suggests the patient had contact with rodents in West Africa. The virus is carried by rodents and spread to humans through contact with urine or feces droppings of infected animals.

City officials confirmed two more Frisco mosquito pools tested positive for West Nile virus in an Oct. 25 news release. In response to the new positives, the city’s third-party contractor will ...

The middle of the Twentieth Century saw the independence of most countries on the African continent. Those euphoric times brought forward-looking sentiments and a wish to break with the past.

England were dumped out of the Women's T20 World Cup following a tough six-wicket loss to a sensational West Indies in Dubai. West Indies were set 142 to win and progress to the semi-finals.