NIH-Sponsored Trial of Lassa Vaccine Opens - Viral Hemorrhagic Disease Can be Fatal & Causes Permanent Hearing Loss ...

The NIH announced the beginning of a phase 1 first-in-human trial of a vaccine for Lassa fever, a potentially fatal viral hemorrhagic disease for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.

What is hantavirus, and how do you get it and treat it? What to know about the disease that killed Gene Hackman's wife Betsy ...

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) caused by the CCHF virus, a member of the family Bunyaviridae, genus Nairovirus, is a tick-borne acute viral hemorrhagic fever with a high case–fatality ...

The rapid spread of illness in the African country may be due to contaminated water, rather than a virus that jumped from bat ...

Over the last several years, we have experienced an increase of large outbreaks of Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in European countries and neighboring areas. This disease poses a great ...

After recovering from Oropouche infection, symptoms recur in about 60% of patients within a few days up to several weeks.

Gene Hackman’s wife died of hantavirus, but could his own death be linked to infection? New research suggests infections may ...

TAMA COUNTY — Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) continue to impact Iowa’s deer population ...

The viruses cause diseases like hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, according to the CDC's webpage on the virus. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a severe and ...