A new study carried out by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) confirms the critical role international health ...

A new health centre is set to open soon in a West Cumbrian town. The Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Workington, a £19 ...

That whole meeting was a travesty,” says Fiona Havers, a physician and epidemiologist. After the ACIP firings, Havers ...

The U.S. is about to break a record for the number of reported measles cases in a year since the infection was considered ...

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

A spa in Massachusetts is being investigated after 18 customers reported botulism symptoms after getting injections there.

The government’s top vaccine official, working under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., restricted the approval of two ...

Officials have closed off swimming at beaches in at least six states due to high bacteria levels. Here's where those closures are.

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Public battles over what schools can teach about sex, identity and relationships, often framed around "parental rights," have ...

The estimated mean annual number of hypertension deaths from excessive alcohol use was higher in 2020–2021 than in 2016–2017, ...

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