Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent's ...

Five years after the virus was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2025, worldwide deaths from Covid-19 are estimated at 19-36 ...

Bacterial foodborne outbreaks in the U.S. increased while viral outbreaks declined between 2014 and 2022, with environmental ...

Six years ago, two communities in New York – one in Brooklyn and one in Rockland County – were facing the worst measles outbreaks the United States had seen in decades. It was the closest the nation ...

Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in S. Korea Quarantine officials control access to a cattle farm in Yeongam, South Jeolla ...

U.S.-funded organizations helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and ...

Amid the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, get the breakdown of how many cases have been reported by state. The vast majority ...

The New York City doc warned against a practice that’s rumored to have picked up in Texas, where nearly 200 cases of measles ...

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

Measles is an airborne, "extremely infectious, and potentially severe rash illness," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ). Up to 9 out of 10 people who are susceptible ...

Measles is one of the most contagious viruses in the world, and can live on surfaces or suspended in the air for two hours.

Simultaneous outbreaks of norovirus, birdflu, influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus are occurring across the ...