While there are no confirmed cases of jeilongviruses causing diseases in humans, similar viruses have been deadly. These include the Nipahvirus, which is transmitted from bats to humans.

Experts have issued a new warning about the dangers of terrifying 'sloth fever' after the virus passed from a pregnant ... Although potentially deadly, the fatal outcomes are extremely rare ...

NAGS HEAD, N.C. – Wildlife and law enforcement are warning visitors and residents in Nags Head, North Carolina, of a recent increase in sick raccoons carrying a deadly virus to dogs. The Nags Head ...

Yvan Butera, Rwandan minister of state in the Ministry of Health, announced the figures on Thursday during a media briefing on the status of the Marburg virus ... from the deadly disease while ...

The government will designate Japan's first laboratory to handle deadly pathogens like the Ebola virus for research as soon as next month, sources close to the matter said. The facility, set up by ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – On Monday at 2 p.m. Rochester Police went to Copley Street after a report that a man was shot. RPD found a man in his 30s with a gunshot wound to his lower body. He was taken ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government will designate Japan's first laboratory to handle deadly pathogens like the Ebola virus for research as soon as next month, sources close to the matter said ...

Viruses are a type of pathogen (germs or tiny microorganism that causes disease) that cause viral infections. Most viral infections, like the common cold, are short-lived and mild. However, there are ...

Britain is setting up an early warning system to detect dangerous mosquito and tick-borne viruses expected to arrive ... Security Agency last year warned deadly tiger mosquitoes could be plaguing ...

Lassa fever, mostly found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, puts 95 percent of pregnant women at risk of miscarriage. According to the World Health organisation, about 80% of people who become infected ...

A biolab to study the most deadly pathogens, including the Ebola virus and Lassa fever, will appear in Japan, TASS reports According to Kyodo news agency, the lab could start operating in test mode as ...

LANSING, Kan. (KCTV) - A man previously convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon has now been sentenced for making a criminal threat with a deadly weapon. The 27-year-old man ...