China Quarantines City of 30,000 Following Bubonic Plague Death

The Ebola virus, which has infected two U.S. humanitarian workers in Liberia, is only a short plane ride from any city on Earth. But federal health officials say it's not a big worry for most Americans. Ebola is causing the worst outbreak ever ...

This post has been corrected. Since it claimed its first victims in Guinea last March, the Ebola virus epidemic has killed 660 people in three countries and infected nearly 1,100—more lethal thanany other outbreak in the virus's nearly 40-year ...

Carson City, Nev. - The Nevada Department of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of West Nile Virus in Carson City. Officials tested wetlands, ditches and other small bodies of water - primarily along the I-580 freeway - and on Monday, they ...

CDC Closes Flu and Anthrax Labs After Serious Lapses After two serious lapses with anthrax and avian flu virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it was temporarily closing its anthrax and flu laboratories and ...

The "danger zones" in Asia which are vulnerable to deadly bird flu have been mapped by scientists. The virus, called H7N9, has infected 433 people mostly in China and has killed 62. The study, published in Nature Communications, showed parts of ...

Indonesia Works to Prevent Avian Influenza INDONESIA - Government efforts are being made to fight the avian influenza virus in Indonesia after the severe hammering the poultry sector took in 2003. ThePoultrySite News Desk Monday, June 02, 2014 ...

This past flu season was a fairly unpleasant one, thanks to the return of the H1N1 virus that caused the 2009 swine flupandemic, federal health officials confirmed Thursday. Just as in 2009, the influenza season hit young and middle-aged adults ...

These latest casualties bring the total number of cases of H1N1 virus to 11 since the beginning of the year, including three deaths, as reported by the Foundation for Health Services in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. 15 more people are in ...

During medical experiments on apes at the GenSys Corporation, scientists unwittingly create a deadly virus. The Simian Flu quickly spreads across the globe, wiping out almost all of humanity. While the hyper-intelligent, escaped test monkeys ...