First identified in 1976 and thought to have crossed over from bats, Ebola is a deadly viral disease spread through direct ...

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...

The COVID-19 pandemic showed in real time, and with the highest of stakes, how hard it can be to decide if something is true. Was the virus transmitted via surfaces or airborne particles? Which drugs ...

SPRINGFIELD — President Donald Trump’s administration is pulling back $477 million from Illinois that was to be used to ...

Researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), and the International Livestock ...

A recent study estimates if ASFV reached the United States it could result in economic losses exceeding $50 billion over a ten-year period.

Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on ...

Researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), and the International Livestock ...

Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a ...

Recurrent outbreaks of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) pose substantial threats to Africa's health systems. Despite advancements such as vaccines and therapeutics, successful outbreak containment ...

That era might now be over. In recent years, the U.S. had already begun to neglect its public-health infrastructure, ...

The Oropouche virus has been linked to Zika-like outcomes in pregnant people, with cases more than doubling in 2024 ...