Ebola, plague and bird flu have been added to a watchlist of 24 infectious diseases that could pose a future threat to public ...

Measles continues to spread in Texas and other states and has caused the first reported U.S. death from the virus in a decade ...

Discussions about vaccines are complex and often emotionally charged. In this article a pediatrician helps to provide a ...

In today’s interconnected world, the rapid spread of infectious diseases poses a significant threat to global health and economic stability.

The Department of Health Center for Health Development Northern Mindanao encourages patients to have a ‘TB Treatment Partner’ ...

In response to growing concerns over vaccine misinformation, declining public trust in science, and recent outbreaks of ...

Christina Hermos, MD'03, MMSc, hasn't seen a case of measles since she was doing a fellowship two decades ago. And that was a ...

Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the ...

The infectious disease caused by the measles virus is transmitted through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes or breathes. It is so contagious, health experts say, 90% of unvaccinated ...

The most common causes of diarrhea are viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections. Infectious diarrheal diseases are contagious, meaning that they can be spread between people. Diarrheal infections ...

Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a week after his wife Betsy Arakawa died of a rare infectious disease at their home, a pathologist has said. Two-time Oscar winner Hackman, 95, was likely at ...

Since this pandemic, we have been constantly reminded of the threat that emerging infectious diseases pose, as well as new strains of existing microbes, and even infections that may eventually ...