The Latest Breaking News from infectious disease

The United States has de-emphasized infectious disease programming in favor of prioritizing chronic disease.

A second young child in Texas died from a measles infection

The flu sickens millions of people in the U.S. every year, and the past year has been particularly tough. Although infections are trending downward, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called the winter of 2024-2025 a “high severity” season with the highest hospitalization rate in 15 years.

Collective trauma has made talk about the pandemic overwhelming. Five years on, it’s time to apply lessons learned

Nearly every modern medical treatment can be traced to research funded by the National Institutes of Health: from over-the-counter and prescription medications that treat high cholesterol and pain to protection from infectious diseases such as polio and smallpox.

The list of 24 infectious diseases has been created to help scientists make new tests, vaccines and medication in preparation

A measles outbreak in Texas has spread, spurring concerns about the impact of a drop in vaccine uptake nationwide.

Nine countries are struggling to access TB drugs, which could impact people’s treatment.

The foreign aid program has been one of the country's best defenses against emerging infectious diseases. Without it, we are more vulnerable to a pandemic than ever.

Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a week after his wife Betsy Arakawa died of a rare infectious disease at their home, a pathologist has said.

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