The Hood River County Health Department confirmed April 14 that two people have died from a mad cow-like illness called ...

Three rare, fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease cases were reported in Hood River County, Oregon. Two people have died. There's ...

A major UK hospital is trying to trace down staff and patients who may have come into contact with a patient who entered A&E ...

The recent deaths of a Hollywood couple and three California residents have brought attention to a rare rodent-borne virus ...

China says it is "not scared" of Donald Trump and his trade war. After the US president suggested China needed to kick start ...

Three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease have been reported in Hood River County, Oregon, including two deaths. The CDC and ...

Epidemiologist Elizabeth Schiffman, who supervises the Vectorborne Diseases Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health, ...

Health officials in Hood River County, Ore., are investigating three cases of Creutzfeld Jakob disease. Two have died and a ...

Gene Hackman’s home was reportedly infested with rats known to carry a deadly virus that killed his wife. Betsy Arakawa was ...

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa both died at their home in New Mexico in February - and it has now been reported that their home was infested with rats that carried a lethal virus.

Doctors in the UK have warned that several cases of a dangerous 'flesh-eating' bacterial infection affecting the external ...

Virginia Tech researchers seek to understand the environmental factors that influence the distribution of hantavirus in rodent populations across the United States.