One of the public health threats close to my heart is the future of vaccines and the emerging measles epidemic. Misinformation has usurped science.

Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low ...

As an outbreak of measles continues to spread in west Texas and New Mexico, many people are wondering, how bad could it get?

Virologist and vaccine expert, Dr. Peter Hotez, tells 'Democracy Now! on the recent measles outbreak and vaccines: DR. PETER ...

Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them ...

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has announced the allocation of an additional $2 million to strengthen Uganda's response to an ongoing Ebola outbreak. The move ...

Michael Head, Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton, told The Conversation: "Sudan virus disease is essentially a disease very similar to Ebola. The Ebola virus has ...

Sleep problems can be caused by various factors. Although causes may differ, the end result of all sleep disorders is that the body's natural cycle of slumber and daytime wakefulness is disrupted ...

“What causes hesitancy is a lack of information ... Meanwhile, survivors of previous Ebola outbreaks urge people to be cautious and not to believe in rumours or conspiracy theories that could ...

Store-operated calcium entry in CD4 + T helper cells is essential for activation of the transcription factor NFAT, which promotes expression of the T helper 1 cell-lineage-determining ...

There is a vaccine for the Zaire type, now trials for another are underway. Ebola damages blood vessels and causes severe, internal bleeding It spreads from animals to humans, and among humans ...