During 2024, the number of pandemic-prone and epidemic-prone disease outbreaks worldwide was estimated at 301. The data highlight a shift in disease outbreak patterns, with a decline in the number of ...

Epidemics and pandemics are two of the worst tragedies in the history of humankind, killing millions and transforming whole civilizations. Though medicine and epidemiology have made great strides in ...

Canine coronavirus and influenza D are two zoonotic viruses that researchers say have “considerable potential” for causing future epidemics in people. In an article published recently in Emerging ...

A mask lies on a sidewalk. It’s hard to believe it's been five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2020, the disease has killed more than 1.2 million Americans—more than in any other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COVID-19 has become a part of modern life that many people don't pay much attention to. Spencer Platt via Getty Images News The ...

The United States is on track to lose its "elimination status" for measles, and that could be bad for all of us ...

Chikungunya virus, a debilitating tropical disease caused by infected mosquito bites, poses a greater health threat in Europe ...

A new study highlights the urgent need for deeper research into monkeypox (mpox), citing gaps in pathogenesis, transmission, and immunity as key barriers to developing effective control strategies.

Travel advisories have been issued for the Seychelles, Bolivia, Cuba, Suriname and Sri Lanka due to chikungunya outbreaks.

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a pandemic. This is a landmark event. As an epidemiologist listening to the steady stream of conversation around the coronavirus, I’m hearing ...

Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website, a Nature investigation ...