Metaphors of war and combat are almost impossible to avoid when describing humankind's struggle to control infectious disease. The war may be endless, but significant battles have been won (and some ...

Editor’s note: This is the second of two parts about the fifth anniversary since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Dr. James Goldberg, chief medical officer for Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, ...

Kerala enhances pre-monsoon health preparations to combat infectious diseases and ensure hospital surgeries proceed without disruption.

The monsoon always brings with it some or other health crisis. Each year sees a surge of infectious diseases that wreak havoc on our communities, often with devastating consequences. However, the fate ...

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic five years ago underscored the importance of diagnostic and vaccine developers to treat and prevent infectious diseases. Infectious disease is a theme for the INVEST ...

Measles was supposedly eradicated in Canada more than a quarter century ago. But today, measles is surging. Public Health Ontario recently announced that there have been 195 cases in the province in ...

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Agency for International Development; U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (#10001249); U.S.

This project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human ...

Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans - including those causing flu, COVID, whooping cough and tuberculosis ...

Superspreading became a familiar concept to many during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior studies examining infectious disease ...