To date, only one disease—smallpox—has been eradicated worldwide, while others have been declared eliminated. The ...

Infectious diseases can lock people into poverty ... Despite this achievement, in 2015 10.4 million people developed TB with an estimated 480,000 people developing multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).

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Marrazzo became the first new director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in decades, taking over a ...

As parts of the United States swing from drought to flooding and back again, little-known infectious diseases, such as valley ...

New government data shows that a record number of kindergartners were exempted from the required shots during the last school ...

Sujan Shresta, Ph.D. will receive more than $2.4 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to ...

"Disease severity in children was still relatively mild," Neil Rellosa, MD, of Nemours Children's Health in New Castle, ...

Hospital workers reported respiratory symptoms after encountering a Missouri patient with H5N1 who had not been exposed to ...

A record share of US kindergartners had an exemption for required vaccinations last school year, leaving more than 125,000 ...

Opinion: Universities can achieve their societal mission to advance knowledge and debate while protecting all voices through ...

A new study on doxy-PEP sheds light on whether people who are regular users become resistance to this treatment, which often ...