Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. The deadly hantavirus that has killed three passengers from a cruise ship does not appear on a key list that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — California agricultural officials have declared a new citrus quarantine in northern San Diego County, ...

In the event of a pandemic outbreak of bird flu or the new MERS virus, public officials might want to look at quarantining children and teachers first—a new study has found that young people and ...

A recent hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius cruise ship travelling from Argentina towards Cape Verde across the Atlantic has raised fresh concerns about how infections spread in closed environments and ...

In December 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidelines for how long people should isolate following a COVID-19 infection. The agency shortened the isolation from ...

FanDuel racetrack in East St. Louis in Illinois has been placed under a 21-day quarantine due to two confirmed cases of equine herpesvirus, a highly contagious disease, according to officials. The ...