Marburg is a virus similar to Ebola, causing hemorrhagic fever. Guinea confirms West Africa’s first case. It starts with fever and weakness and often leading to internal or external bleeding, organ failure and death. Highly infectious, the virus took a person’s life ...

A rare bacterial disease has caused death to two patients in the US. Melioidosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which is usually found in tropical climates. However, four people from Georgia, Kansas, TexasI, and Minnesota have been contaminated ...

Mosquito bites are annoying, itchy and sometimes dangerous for our health. The West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne disease that affects humans if they get bit by one. Most cases occur during summer when it is also the mosquito season. ...