Earlier this week, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally unequivocally confirmed that the Zika virus causes microcephaly in infants – confirming what most scientists had long ...

West Nile virus is the most common mosquito-borne disease in the US. The virus is spread by mosquitoes during the summer and fall. About 1 in 5 people infected with the virus have symptoms, such as ...

Despite the surge of travelers across the county during Thanksgiving, there was a decline in the number of states with "very high" levels of the COVID-19 virus in their wastewater. U.S. Centers for ...

Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...

New cases of West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalitis have been detected in Massachusetts, officials said Thursday. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said in a release Thursday that ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Eastern equine encephalitis, also known as EEE or triple E, is a rare mosquito-borne viral disease that has killed at least two people and sickened 11 others in the United States this year. The deadly ...

A fatal virus has reportedly been discovered in shrews in Alabama, sparking concerns about potential contagion to humans. The Camp Hill virus — thought to be the first "henipavirus" in North America — ...