The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory group today recommended a second 2024-25 COVID-19 ...

Two studies published today in Science Translational Medicine differ on whether COVID-19 vaccine boosters can trigger an ...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today reported two more H5 avian influenza infections, both confirmed by ...

Maternal COVID-19 infection during pregnancy may adversely affect the development of the newborn's heart, resulting in ...

McDonald's said it's also temporarily taking Quarter Pounders off the menu in restaurants in Colorado, Kansas, Utah, and ...

In scientific experiments designed to assess the threat from H5N1 avian flu in the milk of infected cows, researchers today reported that the virus can bind to both avian and human-type cell receptors ...

A rare but potentially fatal fungal disease may be endemic in a wider area than previously thought, according to a paper yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases. The disease, blastomycosis, is ...

A new Fair Health study shows that sexually transmitted disease (STD) diagnoses in the United States climbed 4.8% from 2020 to 2023, with a 23.8% surge in people aged 65 and older. Fair Health ...

Over the past week, highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks struck poultry flocks in 12 states, hitting seven more commercial farms, including one in California that houses more than 1.3 million layers, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today warned healthcare providers about a rise in invasive meningococcal disease, mainly from Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y, with some ...

According to a press release from the Public Health Agency of Sweden, the case-patient sought medical attention in Stockholm but had recently visited Africa. In 2022 and 2023, Sweden saw an outbreak ...

The Robert Koch Institute in Germany says the country has its first case of mpox cause by a new, more virulent variant ...