Scientists took samples from whale blow, identifying possible disease risks for marine mammals in northern seas. By Alexa Robles-Gil In northern Norway, scientists detected a disease-causing virus in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A traveler passing through Newark Liberty International Airport tested positive for measles – one of the world’s most infectious ...

A new version of the flu virus is now driving most infections this season, and cases continue to rise across the United States. The strain, known as H3N2 subclade K, has quickly become the dominant ...

Flu is surging across the U.S., sending thousands more people to the hospital and hitting young children especially hard, as doctors warn the season still has a long way to go. Flu activity is at ...

The “super flu” is a variant of influenza A H3N2 called subclade K. In the past, H3N2 influenza has been more severe and taken longer to recover from. According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

This year’s flu season is shaping up to be a nasty one—driven by a new variant of the influenza virus that may be able to slip past our vaccine defenses. A mutated form of the influenza A strain H3N2 ...

A new form of the flu, which is highly contagious and aggressive, is sweeping the nation this season. A mutation of influenza A H3N2, called subclade K, has been detected as the culprit in rising ...

COVID-19 infections are rising across the United States, amid surges in other winter illnesses. The uptick in COVID comes as the country faces a severe flu season and outbreaks of norovirus, which are ...

Ian Lipkin, an experimental pathologist at Columbia University, is today most famous for discovering more than 2,000 viruses, which earned him the moniker “virus hunter,” over a decades-long career in ...

Cases of measles, one of the world's most infectious and once deemed eliminated diseases, were reported at two major US airports during peak holiday travel. The first case of measles was identified in ...

Norovirus, the infamous "winter vomiting disease," is surging again across the United States. Norovirus is a highly contagious stomach bug that causes sudden, often violent bouts of diarrhea and ...

The “super flu” behind outbreaks in the US and UK is a new variant of influenza A H3N2, subclade K. Here’s what you need to know. Against this backdrop, some media outlets have begun using the term ...