The Latest Breaking News from infectious disease

Experts believe H5N1 bird flu belongs in a growing category of infectious diseases that can cause pandemics across many species. But there are ways to reduce the risks

In the last few days there have been reports of yet another infectious disease rapidly spreading in China. This time the virus is human metapneumovirus, abbreviated to HMPV.

Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in shocking numbers. Teaching 19th-century English literature, I regularly encounter gutting depictions of losing a child, and I am reminded that not knowing the emotional cost of widespread child mortality is a luxury.

As chronic and infectious diseases continue to rise, the demand for advanced healthcare solutions grows. Hence, investing in established healthcare stocks, Pfizer (PFE), Merck & Co (MRK), and AbbVie (ABBV), presents a compelling opportunity to capitalize on the sector’s landscape. Read on….

From gutting federal agencies to favoring profit over public health, here's why public health experts are concerned

Researchers have made great strides to prevent deaths from fatal diseases, but the cures for some of them still elude us.

Officials say Pakistan has detected one more polio case in the restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, raising the country’s tally of the infectious disease to 50 cases this year

A longtime leading killer retakes the lead.

How worried should the UK public be about the new case of mpox identified in the UK? Health Correspondent Rebecca Thomas explains why the risk to the general population is currently very low