Vicky Chadwick, 53, ended up in hospital after she started having a series of headaches, and was diagnosed with encephalitis.

The UK's medical community is on high alert as doctors are urged to look out for signs of a lethal virus identified in popular British holiday spots, such as the Canary Islands. Known as the ...

U.S. health officials are warning travelers about a potentially deadly insect-borne virus known as sloth fever that has infected 21 U.S. residents returning from Cuba and thousands more in South ...

A new study suggests that one-in-five men has been infected with a virus that can cause fertility issues - and most have no idea. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted ...

A variant of the rustrela virus-- related to the wider-known rubella virus which causes a skin rash in humans -- called RusV was discovered in a female mountain lion in Douglas County, Colorado ...

A rare Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) infection, spread via mosquitoes, has been detected in Hudson Valley, New York. A Massachusetts man was infected and a horse in Orange County has died.

A rare but potentially lethal mosquito-borne virus has prompted nearly a dozen towns in the US to close public parks at night and restrict outdoor activities, when mosquitoes are most active.

Update: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 27 August that more than 20 US travelers returning from Cuba have been identified as having Oropouche virus. Once confined to the ...

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Chickenpox, or varicella, is a contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). The virus is responsible for chickenpox (usually the primary infection in non-immune hosts) and herpes ...