Discover the 25 deadliest infectious diseases of all time, ranked by their historical death toll. Learn about the pathogens ...

An unusual hantavirus outbreak at sea is drawing global focus to a rare rodent-borne disease capable of causing severe lung ...

Hantavirus has been all over the news lately due to a shocking outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

A suspected hantavirus outbreak, a rare but deadly disease that attacks the lungs, killed three people and several others have become severely ill aboard a luxury cruise ship.

Why does timely cancer screening matter? A renowned oncologist explains how timely medical intervention in cancer treatment ...

Health officials suspect that an Ebola epidemic has killed 100 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the World ...

A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has revived memories of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet while experts say the situation is not as threatening as a coronavirus, the situation highlights the ne ...

A handful of children have been hospitalized for a potentially deadly bacterial infection, alarming some doctors about the possible return of a once-feared contagious disease that vaccines tamed.

The diphtheria outbreak has now spread across four states, with Health Minister Mark Butler describing it as "very concerning ...