As of Friday, 320 cases had been reported across 16 states, compared to 285 cases confirmed by the CDC for all of last year, ...

More than 300 cases of measles, one of the most contagious viruses in the world, have now been confirmed across more than a ...

A CDC program tests wastewater from airplanes, looking for pathogens that may have hitched a ride with passengers on long-haul international flights.

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

A newly developed laboratory tool can, within hours, help to identify specific viruses which can be used to destroy variants ...

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Health officials said the risk of exposure to measles remains low in the Bay Area. The safest way to fight it is to take a ...

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local ...

The fairly recent detection of H5N1 avian flu in dairy cattle, however, raises questions about whether the same process can ...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the upcoming ...

In a ceremony held last month, the 2024 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize was awarded to Wesley Sundquist, PhD, Leo T. and Barbara K ...