City Reports Spike In Potentially Fatal Canine Virus
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CHICAGO -- Animal control officials in Chicago say the city has seen an outbreak of a canine distemper virus that can be fatal to dogs.
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Health officials stepped up warnings for local residents to take precautions against West Nile Virus on Saturday after a crow found in Elmore County tested positive for the infection.
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Health officials on Thursday were investigating the cause of an illness that has spread through an assisted-living facility, leaving one resident dead and eight hospitalized.
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Octoberâs unseasonably warm and wet weather ushered in Matagorda Countyâs first reported case of West Nile virus in an area horse.
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Boston University confirmed that three researchers who fell ill last year had been exposed to a potentially lethal bacterium, and a local health official said the city should have been notified sooner.
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By J.R. Welsh, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 17--GULFPORT -- The Shaw family of Gulfport recently got some news that let them breathe a sigh of relief: Their young son, who was mauled by two dogs Dec. 3, won't have to undergo a series of painful rabies shots.
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A wild bird infected with West Nile virus has turned up near Laurel, state officials reported Friday, but overall signs point to a dramatic plunge in detections across the region.
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Scientific sleuths have a new suspect for what's been killing billions of honeybees: a virus previously unknown in the United States.
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Warnings could be introduced after analysis confirms high levels of bacteria and viruses.
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A mystery respiratory illness that is plaguing a local hospital is likely to be the result of a viral, and not bacterial, infection.
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Scientists yesterday identified a virus as one of the likely causes of the recent wave of honeybee colony collapses across the country.
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A dead crow found in Fremont has tested positive for West Nile virus, the fourth case discovered in Alameda County, health officials said Monday.
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The city is reaching overseas to get 200,000 more flu vaccines, officials said yesterday as they revealed there already have been at least four flu-related deaths in New York this season.
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VANCOUVER - One of two Vancouver hospitals hit with an outbreak of the highly infectious Norwalk-type virus believe they have it under control.
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Officials have confirmed that two more birds found dead in Humboldt County perished from the West Nile virus. County Vector Control Officer Brent Whitener said two birds
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CHICAGO A new report is raising concerns about just how safe we&#39;d be if we&#39;re hit by a biological or chemical attack. The new findings are stunning and indicate that Chicago and other major cities would struggle to cope.
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MILWAUKEE - A virus recently discovered in Japan is suspected in two "crib deaths" in Wisconsin, raising new questions about how many of these mysterious tragedies might be caused by germs.    The cases mark the first time the virus has been identified in the United States...