Today’s column continues the theme of plant viruses introduced in this column last week. A virus can reduce a plant’s growth, lower its yield and result in inferior fruit, vegetables and flowers.

Two people in New Jersey have died from West Nile virus, state health officials said Friday, bringing the number of reported deaths in the U.S. to five this mosquito season. According to health ...

Two Queens residents have tested positive for West Nile virus, New York City health officials announced Friday. One patient was diagnosed with West Nile neuroinvasive disease and is currently ...

ATLANTA — The Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an increase in the number of West Nile virus cases in Georgia. From Aug. 22 to Tuesday, cases tripled in the state, ...

Deaths from COVID-19 have slowed significantly but continue adding to a tally of more than 7 million deaths from the virus in the nearly five years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a ...

If only Moira on 9-1-1 was more like Moira on Schitt's Creek. On Thursday's episode of the ABC drama, a scientist named Moira — not played by Schitt's Creek's Catherine O'Hara — is to blame for the ...

It’s not just a bad hare day. A rapidly spreading virus is causing cottontail rabbits to grow black, tentacle-like growths out of their heads, prompting warnings to steer clear of the mutated animals.

Americans are being advised to practice caution when traveling to a Caribbean island because of an outbreak of a deadly virus. The CDC has placed a Level 2 travel warning on Cuba after local officials ...