Four people have died of West Nile virus so far this year in South Dakota, according to the state health department's dashboard. There had been 74 human cases reported statewide in 2025 as of Sept. 26 ...

For over three decades, HIV has played an elaborate game of hide-and-seek with researchers, making treating—and possibly even curing—the disease a seemingly insurmountable obstacle to achieve. But ...

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Remember when “Dawson’s Creek” replaced its theme song with another one? Well, now they are having to employ an understudy for one of its stars for a special event. James Van Der Beek, who played ...

Sheep and goat flocks in Greece are decimated by a sheeppox outbreak. Credit: wikimedia commons / dewdrop157 CC BY 3.0 Fourteen months since the initial outbreak of sheeppox in Greece, more than ...

Cache Valley virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Lancaster County, local health officials said Friday. The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department said it found the virus in mosquitoes ...

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Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and ...

Illinois' first West Nile virus-related death of 2025 was confirmed in Cook County today, according to an Illinois Department of Public Health press release. "The year's first death from West Nile ...

A case of West Nile virus has been confirmed in a horse in Seneca County, marking the county's first equine case, according to the Seneca County Health Department. The New York State Department of ...