infectious diseases

Dr. Andy Pavia says the tripledemic of RSV, flu and COVID-19 could look very different at Primary Children's Hospital. Last year they had to reschedule surgeries and make kids wait for beds.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say respiratory diseases like RSV and the flu are much more prevalent right now than this time last year.

Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital has announced it will delay some pre-scheduled and non-emergency surgeries and procedures due to the RSV surge

This past spring, Grand Canyon National Park became the site of an extended norovirus outbreak, with more than 200 cases of gastrointestinal illness among rafters and backpackers.

Another avian influenza outbreak was confirmed earlier this year. The virus spreads easily among birds, but people don’t need to worry about themselves.

Twenty-nine states, including Utah, have reported Avian flu outbreaks to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

An outbreak of an untreatable viral disease in horses is being blamed on one horse from Colorado. Other horses across the country may have been exposed.

Utah scientists have developed a new way to diagnose infectious diseases that could save lives. It’s a tool called Taxonomer.It starts with a sample of…

The World Health Organization has declared an international emergency over the explosive spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. Health officials are…

A nurse fired from an Ogden hospital last year is believed to be connected to one person infected with hepatitis C and could have exposed thousands…

A Utah resident has died after contracting the plague. It’s the first human case in the state since 2009.Typically, when people hear about the plague,…

As the number of children in a household goes up, so too does the risk of viral infection. That’s according to a new University of Utah study published in…