Salvation Army faces challenges with food pantry amid state budget impasse The Salvation Army in Altoona is grappling with the effects of a nearly four-month state budget impasse, which has left its ...

Researchers have come up with a new, more accurate method for detecting in ticks the emerging Powassan virus, which can cause life-threatening neuroinvasive disease, including encephalitis and ...

A faculty-researcher at Rochester Institute of technology has developed a prototype micro device with bio-sensors that can detect the deadly Ebola virus. With this type of device, those infected can ...

Borna disease virus (BoDV-1) has long caused a fatal encephalitis known as Borna virus disease (BVD) in horses and sheep in Central Europe. This single-stranded RNA virus can infect the nervous system ...

Autumn marks the start of respiratory virus season, when colds, flu and other bugs start circulating — especially among the very young.

Animals that produce their own light source, through an internal chemical reaction, are one of the many wonders of nature – and something biotechnology scientists have been working hard to replicate ...

An experimental flu test could detect the virus right on the tip of your tongue. Researchers in Germany have potentially discovered a new way to spot influenza through an edible test, potentially like ...

Yakima, WA – The Yakima Health District reports Washington State’s first detection of West Nile virus in a mosquito sample this year. The district cited a report from the Washington State Department ...