It was 17 seconds long. A young boy in zombie face paint stood before a local news reporter at an arts festival in Portland, ...

There’s a virus you may have never heard of before that is estimated to infect up to 90 percent of people and lurks quietly in your cells for life—but if it becomes activated, it will destroy your ...

Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus. It usually transmits from animals to humans, though it can also spread between people or through contact with food containing the virus. Currently, human cases of ...

The New York City Department of Health confirmed the first case of a severe strain of the mpox virus, formerly known as monkeypox, in New York City. Health officials said Friday that the case is ...

It started with the mysterious discovery of more than a hundred turtles, some with their shells smashed, others dismembered, all of them dead. It ended with a potential warning for the future. It was ...

Evidence suggests reactivations of the varicella-zoster virus may accelerate aging and raise dementia risk. Now scientists want to know if vaccines and antivirals could help protect the brain. In 2010 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cold-stunned Kemp's ridley sea turtle lays in the sand with seaweed piled on top of it to keep it warm before the arrival of ...

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle swims into the ocean after being released by New England Aquarium biologists in West Dennis, Massachusetts, on July 10, 2024. In 2023, the aquarium treated 394 sea turtles, ...

A massive Kemp’s ridley sea turtle — the world’s smallest and most critically endangered sea turtle species — washed ashore on a Galveston, Texas, beach on March 7, 2026, launching an emergency rescue ...

Orthohantaviruses, such as the Puumala virus, are widespread in Europe, causing flu-like illnesses and severe kidney damage in those infected. It is increasingly considered a zoonotic threat.

Cold, flu and COVID may get the most attention, but a lesser-known, highly contagious virus is taking the West Coast by storm. Wastewater SCAN data show that human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, is rampant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Novato is one of the Northern California communities that have seen high concentrations of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, ...