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World Health Organization warns outbreak risk is ‘very high at the national level’ in Rwanda, but low globally.

Data from the Southern Hemisphere hint that this year's flu shot lowers the risk of hospitalization among vulnerable demographics.

About 6,000 to 10,000 people 65 and older die from RSV in the U.S. annually, the CDC says.

Six healthcare workers in the US who were in close contact with a patient known to have bird flu developed mild respiratory symptoms, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The patient was not known to have had contact with livestock or other animals, raising the…

The warning follows last week's U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indictment of illegal online pharmacies selling counterfeit prescription pills laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine to tens of thousands of people in the U.S., leading to at least nine deaths.

Two dairy workers in California infected with bird flu as part of an ongoing outbreak affecting dairy cows in multiple states. Health officials emphasize l...

Some states now have exemption rates topping 5%.

Report shows significantly improved survival rates but a steep increase in diagnoses among women younger than 50

Most infected are health care workers treating patients in the capital, but officials fear more cases will emerge

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high

There’s a common thread linking our experience of pandemics over the past 700 years. From the black death in the 14th century to COVID in the 21st, public health authorities have put emergency measures such as isolation and quarantine in place to stop infectious diseases spreading.