The Portland Water District, in partnership with the nationwide WastewaterSCAN program based at Stanford University, is playing a vital role in tracking infectious diseases. By analyzing wastewater ...

Respiratory virus season is worsening. Nearly five years since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, disease experts are urging ...

British Columbia is once again requiring masks be worn in health-care facilities. In an email to CBC News, the province’s Ministry of Health said everyone including staff, patients, visitors and ...

Respiratory illnesses are on the rise across San Antonio, Bexar County and Texas. Doctor Jason Bowling, a professor and infectious diseases specialist at UT Health San Antonio and the Chief ...

Patients are piling up in Minnesota emergency rooms once again, but it’s not just from COVID-19. State health officials say ...

The best way to protect yourself from the flu and COVID is to get vaccinated. This can reduce your chances of getting sick ...

Flu cases rose after Christmas and officials are encouraging common-sense prevention measures for all respiratory viruses.

Respiratory viruses are on the rise in Brevard, though not at a rate higher than previous years, according to local health ...

In China, reports of HMPV infections have indeed been rising in recent weeks in the more northerly regions. But so have ...

Even as the world fixates on hMPV, a genuine pandemic threat is emerging in the form of H5N1 bird flu. The virus has jumped ...

Doctors are tracking a large increase in flu and RSV cases, and they're calling this a busy respiratory season.

As respiratory illness season peaks, another virus is making its rounds—Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV). Often overlooked, HMPV ...