Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection -- among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause sickness.

A new alert has been issued in Anne Arundel County after a raccoon tested positive for rabies. The county's Department of ...

Immune cells produced during severe COVID-19 infection may shrink tumors. The unexpected mechanism offers a new therapeutic ...

Trends in child health are in fact worrisome, and scientists welcome a renewed focus on foods and environmental toxins. But ...

There was also a 65% relative reduction in COVID-related medical visits (95% CI 24.4-83.8) with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir versus ...

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There have been dozens of confirmed human cases of bird flu in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the symptoms, risks and ...

A next-generation metagenomic sequencing test developed at UCSF demonstrates its ability to rapidly and accurately diagnose a ...

Liberia’s National Public Health Institute (NPHIL) at a news conference confirmed 12 new cases of Mpox, bringing the total number of active cases in the country to 22. By Edwin G.

A new variant of human mpox has claimed the lives of approximately 5% of people with reported infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2023, many of them children. Since then, it has ...

If the new administration embraces proposals to cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's budget and its mission, ...

Measles cases have skyrocketed in recent years after a COVID-19 pandemic-era drop in vaccination against the virus. Cases of ...