Based on our simulations, a single case of long COVID could cost the U.S. an average of between $9,906 and $11,646 annually, with more severe cases costing even more. Productivity losses would account ...

Here’s what we know about the 2026 outbreak’s origins and treatment, how U.S. foreign aid cuts may affect the response and ...

The World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international ...

It all started when a 9-year-old boy went with his parents to visit relatives in Seminole, Texas, early last year. After he ...

BA.3.2, a heavily mutated new COVID-19 variant that may be better able to evade immunity from vaccines or prior infection, is now spreading in the United States. Although COVID infections are ...

Taking zinc and vitamin D together can help keep your immune system in check, improve your mood, and strengthen your bones.

Global health officials say the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak poses little public risk because the virus does not spread ...

"In 2020 — after three years of immunosuppression — when I learned of mRNA vaccine research for MS, I was relieved," writes ...

It started with a fever in the open South Atlantic. Within weeks, it had turned into the first hantavirus cluster ever recorded on a cruise ship, with ...

Three cruise ship passengers with suspected hantavirus infections were flown to the Netherlands on Wednesday for treatment. Three people have died and one body is still on the Dutch ship at the center ...

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