Responsibility for public health protection from communicable diseases exists at three government levels in the U.S. (federal, state/tribe, and local/municipal), with states having the authority to ...

The U.S. is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic with more and more long COVID cases emerging. Bird flu is a growing threat. The country is dealing with measles outbreaks, and antibiotic-resistant ...

As immune function wanes, people become vulnerable. What should be a sniffle becomes deadly pneumonia. Infections that should remain dormant awaken to fatal effect. An obscure fungus kills. People ...

This fall, multiple states including Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee and Wisconsin have reported outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease, a contagious virus that commonly infects children under 5 but ...

And there is little relief coming. Data from recent years – a period that has coincided with drastic policy cuts in research ...

As global temperatures rise, the spread of infectious diseases is rapidly evolving in unexpected ways. That’s something that Dr. Angelle Desiree LaBeaud thinks about a lot. A physician-scientist, ...

Source: Ethleen Lloyd, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library, public domain Bird flu in America. Marburg virus in Africa. Warnings about “Disease X.” These headlines ...

Healthy longevity means a state of good physical, cognitive, and social functioning throughout a person's lifespan. There is an opportunity to leverage population aging for health, societal, and ...

Norovirus and flu cases are rising fast—learn the key differences in symptoms, treatment, and prevention, according to top ...