A Long Island man has survived the rare, tick-borne Bourbon virus. It's the first confirmed case in New York state. There's no vaccine for the Bourbon virus, nor specific medicine to treat it, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Michael Larkin, 67, is an avid outdoorsman. The husband and father of three was landscaping in his Brookhaven Town backyard when he spotted two tiny lone star ticks clinging to his leg. Click on the link in our bio for more info. #ticks #lon

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a

Five cases of hantavirus have now been confirmed in relation to an outbreak on a cruise ship, the World Health Organization said - and more may follow due to the virus's six week incubation period. #Hantavirus #CruiseShip #MVHondius #WorldHealthOrganization #BBCNews

An American doctor is among the newly confirmed cases in an outbreak in Congo of a rare variant of the Ebola virus with no approved vaccines or therapeutics, a Congolese official said Monday, as deaths have surpassed 100 in two provinces and details emerged about the government’s delayed response to the outbreak. Learn more at the link in bio.

Have you seen the symptoms of the Hantavirus? 😬 Because what makes it unnerving is that they could VERY easily be missed..