International team of scientists show how real-time sequencing and data-sharing can help stop the next outbreak SEATTLE – April 12, 2017 – An international effort to analyze the entire database of ...

New evidence suggests the virus was evolving and spreading in people long before it became a global epidemic in 2022. Reading time 3 minutes New research may change the narrative over how mpox, ...

Mikala is a staff photojournalist at The Austin American-Statesman in Austin, Texas. She previously served as the chief of photography at the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, where Headliners Foundation ...

Since the infection was first detected in humans in 1998, there have been sporadic new outbreaks across the so-called Nipah Belt.

An analysis of mpox virus genomes from individuals infected between 2018 and 2023 has provided insights into how the virus emerged in the human population. The study revealed key drivers associated ...

The recent spread of avian influenza in dairy cattle in the U.S. has startled even some scientists who've tracked a global outbreak of the virus over the last few years. "There's a heap of unknowns ...

The outbreak, they said, highlights the importance of efforts “to detect and defend against emerging infectious threats.” ...