Turning off the genetic switch to its respiratory system might finally eliminate the bacteria behind tuberculosis.

What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body — and tens of millions of people. While most ...

The movement of people can also spread pathogens to new regions. Different countries need to co-ordinate a response as ...

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Infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue, and tuberculosis are considered to pose as great a challenge to global health as ...

For most of the past century, the United States’ track record on infectious disease has been quite good. Thanks to major investments in public health, diseases such as smallpox, polio, yellow fever, ...

A new AI tool to predict the spread of infectious disease outperforms existing state-of-the-art forecasting methods. The tool, created with federal support by researchers at Johns Hopkins and Duke ...

Jamaica confirms outbreak of infectious disease linked to the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated the island-nation last month.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has halted primate studies tied to RFK Jr.’s MAHA agenda, leaving hundreds of ...