This raises fresh concerns about the risk of animal pathogens infecting people.  Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Illinois has reported its first human case of West Nile virus as county health departments across the Chicago area issue warnings for residents.

As of 17 June 2025, there have been over 4,000 confirmed cases of mpox and 25 deaths in Sierra Leone, raising the possibility ...

Introduction. We are now living through the largest and most sustained Ebola epidemic that we have ever known and the projections suggest that things will get a lot worse before they get better.1 It ...

Introduction There has been no systematic comparison of how the policy response to past infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics was funded. This study aims to collate and analyse funding for the ...

A dangerous mpox outbreak is unfolding in Sierra Leone. In just the first week of May, cases rose by 61%, and suspected cases ...

In addition, given that the clinical symptoms of Ebola are similar to those caused by other pathogens such as Yellow Fever virus (YFV), Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV), Lassa virus (LASV), ...

The Chicago hospitals will serve as "Elite Special Pathogen Treatment Centers" with the $1.5 million from IDPH.

This led to the virus being named Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, to encompass both locations. Read more Virus that causes multiple organ failure found at holiday destination ...

Ebola is a frightening disease. It spreads from person to person through contact with bodily fluids, and symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding. It has an average fatality rate of 50 per ...