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 ...

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

Health authorities say the threat of infection for people remained low even amid the spread of H5N1 virus among birds and ...

One infected person can infect dozens of others. Stay informed to stay safe from the most contagious virus known to humans.

As the coronavirus spread, researchers worldwide scrambled to find ways to keep people safe. Some efforts were misguided.

Smishing is the use of SMS texts by scammers attempting to compromise data and pilfer money. And if you think the problem is ...

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 million years after its formation.

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

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

A collaboration between researchers in the Brazilian states of São Paulo and Ceará and colleagues affiliated with Hong Kong ...