There are already hundreds of suspected cases, including one that crossed the border into Uganda. The latest strain of the virus has no vaccine either, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

Scientists and clinicians say it has been a game changer in tackling what is becoming a global crisis in obesity. More than 50 clinical trials are currently underway for new drugs. So how will the picture change ...

“COVID PTSD is real,” Dr. Wendy Armstrong, president-elect of of Infectious Disease Society of America, tells TODAY.com. What's more, hantavirus can cause severe respiratory illness with a ...

The number of people sickened by three multistate outbreaks of the Salmonella bacterium has rocketed to 184. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported yesterday there are 150 new cases since April 23, though the true number of sick ...

Inventing a measles treatment didn't seem necessary. By the year 2000, a large percentage of the U.S. population was vaccinated against measles. High vaccination rates provided “herd immunity,” a sort of ...