Flu is taking off in the U.S., with 40 states reporting high or very high levels of flu-like illness last week.

The Biden administration should approve a vaccine for the H5N1 bird flu virus, according to a former state health ...

Health officials have reported a rise in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections among children ages 14 and under in China, but the exact magnitude of this uptick is unclear.

Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images, FILE Raw milk cheese is made ... 66 human cases have been confirmed in seven states, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

Dec. 19, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a surprising link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of Alzheimer's disease in a subset of people.

Dec. 19, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a surprising link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of Alzheimer's disease in a subset of people.

Four weeks after a puzzling outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has identified the cause.

The most recent numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show there were 91 outbreaks of norovirus reported during the week of Dec. 5, up from 69 outbreaks the last week of ...

The COVID pandemic is ongoing, but scientists are on alert for any pathogen that might lead to another global outbreak of ...

according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Former President Jimmy Carter attends an interview with Reuters in Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 12, 2012. Amr Dalsh/Reuters About one year ...

Jimmy Carter redefined what a post-presidency could be after he lost re-election in 1980. From the Carolina Lowcountry to the Ethiopian highlands, Carter’s humanitarian work eventually eclipsed ...