The Latest Breaking News from infectious disease

RFK's hearing hasn't even started yet and the White House has already attacked vaccines, birth control and the WHO

Experts believe H5N1 bird flu belongs in a growing category of infectious diseases that can cause pandemics across many species. But there are ways to reduce the risks

In the last few days there have been reports of yet another infectious disease rapidly spreading in China. This time the virus is human metapneumovirus, abbreviated to HMPV.

Tularemia, or "rabbit fever," is an infectious disease that normally affects animals but can spread to humans, sometimes via tick and deer fly bites.

Challenge trials help researchers study immune responses. Skeptics still doubt the approach is worth the risks

COVID emerged suddenly, spread rapidly and killed millions of people around the world. Since then, I think it’s fair to say that most people have been nervous about the emergence of the next big infectious disease – be that a virus, bacterium, fungus or parasite.

Taking precautions to protect yourself from a quartet of infectious diseases can lessen your odds of starting off 2025 sick.

Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in shocking numbers. Teaching 19th-century English literature, I regularly encounter gutting depictions of losing a child, and I am reminded that not knowing the emotional cost of widespread child mortality is a luxury.

As chronic and infectious diseases continue to rise, the demand for advanced healthcare solutions grows. Hence, investing in established healthcare stocks, Pfizer (PFE), Merck & Co (MRK), and AbbVie (ABBV), presents a compelling opportunity to capitalize on the sector’s landscape. Read on….

From gutting federal agencies to favoring profit over public health, here's why public health experts are concerned

Researchers have made great strides to prevent deaths from fatal diseases, but the cures for some of them still elude us.