An international effort is underway to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda that has infected hundreds of people and caused dozens of suspected deaths, with the United States triggering a public health law to limit entry from the affected region.

The strain of hantavirus that has killed three people and sickened five others on a cruise ship is the Andes strain. Here's what to know.

The Arizona Department of Health Services is monitoring an Andes virus outbreak linked to a cruise ship while working with local, Tribal and federal public health partners

France’s Pasteur Institute has fully sequenced the Andes virus found in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship.

It's possible the fact sheet was written before human-to-human transmission of hantavirus was first documented in one strain of hantavirus.

Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 12 - Determination of a public health emergency of international concern, including a pandemic emergency of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO),

The DuPage County Health Department has confirmed its first positive tests for West Nile virus in pools of mosquitoes this year.

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Cases of the virus are abnormally high this year, according to health experts, and are especially dangerous for children.

The Andes virus strain linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak is the only hantavirus capable of spreading person to person, the WHO says.

Avian influenza can jump species from birds to humans, a fact that arouses concern for serious illness and broader human transmission. In this report, avian influenza A(H5N5) was shown to cause

Infectious disease experts have sought to reassure people that the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak poses very low risks to the wider public.