The Latest Breaking News from infectious disease

Africa’s top public health agency says that Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week with a new cluster emerging from a 4-year-old child who recently died of the infectious disease

Multiple sclerosis is a disease that results when the immune system mistakenly attacks the brain and spinal cord. It affects nearly one million people in the U.S. and over 2.8 million worldwide. While genetics play a role in the risk of developing multiple sclerosis, environmental factors such as diet, infectious…

The recent volatility of egg prices in the United States has been a hot topic. Media coverage has consistently made the connection between supply problems and virulent strains of avian flu that has been afflicting poultry birds since 2022.

Infectious disease experts say the latest outbreak is still in its infancy and could get a lot worse – here’s what to know

USAID leads the government's efforts to combat the spread of infectious diseases before they land on American soil. Some experts claim Musk broke it.

Throughout human history, disease outbreaks have emerged and re-emerged. What’s different now is that with global travel, outbreaks can move quickly among and between populations.

This Friday, February 28, marks five years since COVID-19 was first reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. At a population level, it remains our most harmful infectious disease, with thousands of hospitalisations and 664 deaths last year.

Cases of the world’s deadliest infectious disease have been increasing in the U.S. in recent years

The Trump administration is limiting the nation’s ability to respond to infectious disease as Marburg, Ebola rise

Fauci had served as leading infectious diseases official for seven presidents and had broken with Trump on Covid

President Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised him on the COVID-19 pandemic