The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the far-reaching social implications of emerging infectious diseases, bringing to mind similarly impactful events like the Black Plague in early modern ...

A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling ...

Senator Chuck Schumer urged the health secretary to declare an emergency to keep other regions from experiencing the ...

One Indiana county's health department on Wednesday, July 9, confirmed a case of measles. There's no outbreak, but experts ...

A man from Peru who was one of roughly 40 federal immigration detainees held in an Alaska jail last month is now hospitalized with tuberculosis in Washington, his attorney said Wednesday. Word of the ...

While measles symptoms typically resolve in a few weeks, the virus can cause pneumonia, making it difficult for patients, ...

Most pandemics, including COVID-19, began with zoonotic pathogens, and the next one, dubbed Disease X, likely will too.

Bullish on their success, the global public health enterprise turned to another threat: polio. Eliminating polio would ...

Amina Ahmad leads a mission to humanize tech in African public health, merging empathy with innovation for lasting impact.

Nunavut's health department has officially declared an end to years-long tuberculosis outbreaks in Pangnirtung and Pond Inlet ...

Outbreaks in Baffin Island communities of Pangnirtung and Pond Inlet considered over but surveillance will continue, top ...