By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague ...

Ancient DNA evidence shows that the advent of agriculture led to more infectious disease among humans, with pathogens from ...

The combination of climate change and pathogen expansion could be fueling a surge in infectious diseases. GEN consulted ...

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has ...

The percentage of parents seeking waivers for vaccinations for religious or other reasons has nearly doubled from 2020 to ...

The number of measles cases in the U.S. has reached a 33-year record high, years after it was officially eliminated in the ...

So far in 2025, more than 31% of the ticks tested in New York were positive for at least one pathogen, according to the ...

Scientists sometimes compare predicting the course of epidemics to forecasting the weather. But there's a major ...

In the last week, the Kansas health department has recorded four additional measles cases. That brings the state's total to ...

The U.S. has now recorded more confirmed measles cases this year than in any year in well over a quarter-century.