Earlier this month, two health workers at a private hospital at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal had ...

His containment strategy helped wipe out the disease in the 1970s, one of the world’s greatest public health triumphs. He ...

As public health departments across the country prepared for a massive winter storm this weekend, notice landed in their inboxes that pivotal grant funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Chair Kirk Milhoan emphasizes personal choice over public health in guiding vaccine policy. How will that affect decisions for school and healthcare?

Dr. Kirk Milhoan emphasizes personal choice over public health in guiding vaccine policy. How will that affect decisions for school and healthcare?

Symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny nose and pink eye, followed a few days later by a rash. These symptoms can emerge between seven and 21 days after exposure. In some people, measles can ...

It’s been a year since a measles outbreak began in West Texas, and international health authorities say they plan to meet in ...

Nipah is a deadly virus with no vaccine or cure and considered a high-risk pathogen by the World Health Organization ...

The Trump administration has rolled back decades-old guidance recommending routine childhood vaccination against influenza and three other infectious diseases, saying their use should instead be ...

The Trump administration has rolled back decades-old guidance recommending routine childhood vaccination against influenza and three other infectious ...

There is little room for error in trying to stop measles. The virus is one of the most contagious, infecting 9 out of every ...

Respiratory viruses, including RSV, but are more typically active from October through March, according to state health ...