A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has sparked public concern. Health officials are working to communicate clearly, drawing lessons fro...

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A rare hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship has drawn global attention after multiple infections and three reported deaths prompted ...

Two Indian nationals aboard a cruise ship have reportedly contracted hantavirus. Indian health officials assure the public that these cases...

Soaring tourism to Antarctica, driven by climate change fears, raises concerns about contamination and damage to the fragile ecosystem. A r...

This is the worst flu season in the United States in nearly a decade. So far, the country has recorded 29 million flu infections, around 37...

A high alert was issued internationally due to a potential public health crisis as 60 people were reportedly affected with a COVID-like flu...

India, which is also seeing a slight uptick in Covid cases, recorded 761 new cases on Friday and 12 deaths due to the viral disease. The nu...

There is a 27.5% chance of another pandemic as deadly as Covid-19 occurring in the next 10 years due to viruses emerging more frequently, c...

While its difficult to differentiate between the two with the hallmark symptoms of Covid - loss of smell and taste - gone with the emergenc...

Flu, a little like Covid, can be spread by infected others before symptoms arise or even if symptoms don't appear.

The flu-like symptoms include fever, fatigue, running nose, cough, headache or body ache.

One reason to get more serious about flu is its cost, both economically and in human terms. Annual costs of treating influenza (routinely i...

An analysis of nearly 75,000 COVID-19 patients from around the world strongly suggests that the annual flu shot reduces the risk of stroke,...

While we do need to find some way of living with COVID-19, the numbers suggest we're still a long way from being able to treat it in the sa...

COVID-19 patients were also more likely to be hospitalised for longer, an average of three extra days.

Covid-19 is more likely than the flu to cause a loss of taste or smell.