I research virus outbreaks around the world. Here’s what I’ll be keeping an eye on in 2026 that could cause infections in unexpected places or cases.

Lurking in the vast expanse of the ocean and buried deep in the Siberian permafrost, there are giants—not blue whales and ...

The most significant illness circulating right now is influenza, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health and ...

Adenovirus isn’t as well-known as flu or COVID, but it’s one of the most common viruses people catch — especially in childhood. In fact, most people will have been infected at least once before the ...

They came for blood — and left behind something worse. Thousands of people in China have been infected with a painful mosquito-borne virus, triggering the country’s most aggressive public health ...

Two suspected Nipah virus cases have been reported in West Bengal, prompting authorities to deploy a National Joint Outbreak ...

Using genomics, evolutionary biologists test several hypotheses on the origin of viruses. New evidence suggests they may have emerged more times than previously thought. Corroborating the virus-first ...

A major outbreak of chikungunya virus in China has forced the CDC to issue a travel warning for Americans heading to the country. More than 7,000 cases of the mosquito-borne illness have been reported ...

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), a zoonotic pathogen transmitted from dromedary camels to humans that causes severe respiratory disease with a mortality rate of approximately ...

Which virus promises to be the worst in years this January? Why is this virus spreading fast, and what can we do to protect ...

Jacqueline Stephens is affiliated with the Australasian Epidemiological Association and the International Network for Epidemiology in Policy. Jill Carr is affiliated with the Australasian Virology ...