A deadly virus with a mortality rate of up to 70 percent has been detected in the United States for the first time ever. Scientists identified the Camp Hill virus in shrews, mole-like animals, in ...

A close relative of the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in North America for the first time — specifically, in the U.S. state of Alabama. The pathogen, which scientists have ...

Scientists identified the Camp Hill virus in shrews in Alabama, sparking fears it could find its way through animal reservoirs to humans and cause a potentially wide-reaching outbreak. The Camp ...

Dr. Wendy Hood with The Hood Lab told AL.com her team collected the northern short-tailed shrew that other researchers used to detect the novel Camp Hill virus, named after the Tallapoosa County ...

‘Camp Hill virus’ Congratulations, Camp Hill, you have a virus named after you, reports AL.com’s Howard Koplowitz. The virus was found in a northern short-tailed shrew. You would think that ...

The detection of Camp Hill virus is significant because it marks the first time a henipavirus has been detected in North America. That's according to the scientists who discovered it, who released ...

A new animal-borne virus has been discovered in Alabama. But the creature that carries it can be found along parts of the Atlantic seaboard, as far north as southern Saskatchewan, Canada ...