NEW YORK — People around the world are living longer, healthier lives than they were just half a century ago. Climate change threatens to undo that progress. Across the planet, animals — and the ...

Infectious disease experts have outlined viruses that could spark the next pandemic as vaccine rates drop. Mpox, Rubella, ...

From Covid to dengue, viral outbreaks seemed to be popping up all over. But maybe Americans are just more attuned to threats now. By Apoorva Mandavilli Bird flu. Mpox, formerly monkeypox. Eastern ...

Infectious diseases are an increasing threat to wildlife populations globally, and marine mammals are no exception. Dolphins, ...

Candida auris is adapting to warmer ecosystems, including the human body. The first US case was reported in 2016. In 2023, 4,514 new C. auris cases were reported in the United States, according to the ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been met with an unparalleled response by the global scientific community and its stakeholders, who have developed vaccines and therapeutic antibodies in an unprecedented ...

Researchers have made great strides to prevent deaths from fatal diseases, but the cures for some of them still elude us. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Report examines how to improve CDC’s network of quarantine stations, using lessons learned from COVID-19 Among the many parts of the U.S. public health system strained by the COVID-19 pandemic were ...