Germany’s first foot and mouth disease outbreak in almost 40 years – and the EU’s first in more than a decade – sent shockwaves through the global meat and dairy sectors, resulting in import bans in ...

South African parents are concerned after the Department of Health confirmed that there has been an outbreak of hand, foot, ...

While rising temperatures consistently promote the spread of dengue, rainfall could either increase or decrease the spread, depending on how long a region has experienced a dry season, a study has ...

There’s a new term to describe the rise of respiratory illnesses this season: “quad-demic.” The “quad” in quad-demic refers ...

Nine of those infected were hospitalized and more cases are likely, health authorities said. U.S. vaccination rates for measles are falling, according to the CDC.

The Philippines has issued a temporary ban on the importation of animal products from Germany amid a recent outbreak of ...

HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body’s immune system and makes ...

The story of the Black nurses who stepped up to treat the tuberculosis epidemic in New York City at Sea View Hospital in Staten Island is dictated in Maria Smilios’ new book.

Anne Neilan, MD, MPH, an associate professor of Pediatrics and physician investigator in the Medical Practice Evaluation Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, is corresponding author of a new ...

Flu numbers in the state are rising, and it has already made an impact on communities this winter season.Dr. Amada Novack, an infectious disease and internal me ...

Researchers review the ever-growing list of human viruses, examining their diversity, transmission pathways, and the urgent ...

A farmer in Mercer County, Ohio has been infected with bird flu, the Ohio Department of Health announced Wednesday. He is one ...