People are being warned that multiple mosquito traps in Wellington and East Gippsland Shires have detected the Ross River virus in recent weeks. Ross River virus is common in Australia, and people can ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Author Matt Greene on his new dystopian novel 'The Definitions' about life after a virus wipes people's memories.

Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks and other whales. Scientists flew drones equipped with special kit through the exhaled droplets, or "blows", made when ...

A new virus sweeping the globe is worse than Covid with similar symptoms including a sore throat and shortness of breath. Adenovirus is "heartier than other viruses" and spreading rapidly, with one ...

This year’s flu season is shaping up to be a nasty one—driven by a new variant of the influenza virus that may be able to slip past our vaccine defenses. A mutated form of the influenza A strain H3N2 ...

Flu season has taken off nationwide, with cases rising rapidly in some parts of the country over the past few weeks. “We’ve seen sustained, elevated activity across multiple key indicators in many ...

A highly mutated ‘superflu’ strain is driving unprecedented flu hospitalisations across the UK, prompting renewed mask guidance and urgent NHS warnings. Pexels The symptoms have appeared more intense ...

COVID-19 infections are rising across the United States, amid surges in other winter illnesses. The uptick in COVID comes as the country faces a severe flu season and outbreaks of norovirus, which are ...

Eight tell-tale symptoms of the bug and how to avoid catching it WITH ‘super flu’ still raging across the country, it can be easy to assume that any bit of spluttering is down to that. But a different ...

A new virus is going around the world, and experts say that it is stronger than COVID and flu. This has been termed as the new 'untreatable' mystery virus, and some even have warned that disinfectant ...