Until 2020, few Americans needed to think about how viruses spread or how the human immune system works. The pandemic offered a painful crash course. Sometimes,...
A raging measles outbreak in West Texas, which has so far killed one child, has not abated and may have taken root in New Mexico, state...
Two dairy workers in Michigan may have transmitted bird flu to their pet cats last May, suggests a new study published on Thursday by the Centers...
Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form of bird flu that is distinct from the version that has been spreading through herds...
This winter’s Covid wave in the United States has been the gentlest to date, in a welcome reprieve. According to wastewater data aggregated by the Centers...
The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a waiver for lifesaving medicines and medical services, offering a reprieve for a worldwide H.I.V. treatment program that was halted...
When bird flu first struck dairy cattle a year ago, it seemed possible that it might affect a few isolated herds and disappear as quickly as...
Most American parents hardly give thought to polio beyond the instant their child is immunized against the disease. But there was a time in this country...
A Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with severe bird flu has died, the first such fatality in the United States, state health officials reported on...
Eastern equine encephalitis usually spreads to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. How to repel mosquitoes Check out some mosquito repellents just in time...