Dr. Ashish K. Jha is dean of Brown University School of Public Health and a contributing Globe Opinion writer.

A Kolkata woman has been infected with the human coronavirus HKU1. It is not a new virus. It has been circulating across the ...

Gaps in surveillance and cuts by the Trump administration to medical research threaten to undermine efforts to contain a highly contagious form of bird flu that has killed staggering numbers of ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Assembly Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASMB), a biotechnology company developing innovative therapeutics targeting serious viral diseases, ...

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the first in over a century. The international ...

Jolene Wieneke, of rural Adrian, has had acute Covid three times, but it was her first bout with the virus that resulted in her being diagnosed with Long Covid.

A joint WHO/UNICEF report this week shows that measles has made a dramatic comeback across Europe and Central Asia.

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the virus continues to spread around the globe as the virus continues to evolve. Scientists say that's likely to continue indefinitely, as the virus finds ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s recall, which covers more than 46,000 Cybertrucks, warned that an ...

Recent headlines have dredged up questions that we are loath to revisit: Where did this new virus come from? How dangerous is it? And how worried should we be? The Globe spoke with Dr. Richard ...

As measles continue to spread across the globe and the United States, the Hawaii Department of Health is urging residents to ...

Canada’s colder weather goes hand-in-hand with respiratory virus season – especially with flu, RSV and COVID-19 circulating. The Globe will be publishing an update on respiratory virus season ...