Among the viruses involved, Hendra, which can spread from horses to humans, has a mortality rate of 57%. Orthohantavirus, transmitted by rodents, causes a deadly pulmonary syndrome in 38% of ...

Hundreds of deadly virus samples have vanished from an Australian lab in a 'major breach' of biosecurity. Yesterday, Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls has announced that 323 vials of live ...

A deadly strain of the virus killed a patient in the US and left a teenager critically ill. The outbreak has raised concerns ...

Studies have long established the sexual transmissibility of many viruses via semen, but new research shows troubling evidence that these diseases go far beyond the to-be-expected sexually ...