The resurgence of measles in Morocco has prompted health authorities to intensify vaccination efforts to curb its spread. Although previous immunization campaigns had nearly eradicated the disease, ...
Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...
A large, ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has sickened at least 67 and caused two deaths. What to know about TB symptoms, transmission, and treatment.
Bird flu is now believed to be widespread in Massachusetts and is likely present even in places where there has not been a ...
Tracing contacts is key to stemming the spread of Ebola, and there are no approved vaccines for the Sudan strain of Ebola. Uganda's last outbreak, discovered in September 2022, killed at least 55 ...
An infectious disease specialist has called a few cases of a rare, vaccine-preventable respiratory illness in Cabell and Putnam counties “a wakeup call” for what could happen if West Virginia’s ...
There is a vaccine aimed at preventing TB called Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), but it’s not commonly used in the U.S., ...
The recent outbreak has affected more than 340,000 birds. Early findings showed the virus also infecting wild mammals, ...
Broward Health Dr. Craig Harrison is an emergency care physician. On Wednesday he said there has been an increase in upper ...
At first, much the same. But inevitably, dangerous diseases would resurge in a country that isn’t prepared for them.
The endTB trial is one of four recent randomized controlled trials testing new, shorter, and less toxic treatment regimens ...
A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear ...