A federal jury has found a California man tied to a controversial underground biolab guilty of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar COVID-19 test fraud scheme, prosecutors said. Jia Bei Zhu, 64, a ...

Researchers at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory worked round the clock to develop a test for the Andes virus at the ...

A federal jury has convicted Jia Bei Zhu, operator of a Reedley biolab, in a $3.8-million scheme selling faulty, misbranded COVID-19 tests.

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Washington — A former senior adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is facing charges over an alleged scheme to hide federal records during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ...

That’s especially reassuring considering the seven U.S. passengers who got off the boat and flew home before the outbreak was flagged showed no symptoms during their travels, according to Dr. Jay ...

A hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius cruise ship caused three deaths and five suspected cases. Seven cases reported including two confirmed, one critically ill, and three mild symptoms. Hantavirus ...

The American passengers stranded on a Dutch cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak have finally returned to the United States, including one who tested positive and another who’s ...

The outbreak began in early April on a cruise ship. Now health authorities around the world are working to contain it. Here's what infectious disease experts have to say.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. BRANTLEY COUNTY, Ga. – A balloon from a child’s party landing on a powerline caused an arc that is believed to have sparked what is now one of the ...

After a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a luxury cruise ship led to three deaths, the vessel has been quarantined, echoing scenes from the Covid-19 pandemic. The ship, which set sail from Argentina ...