The plan entails a makeover of NCDC by setting up five new regional offices, 20 new metropolitan surveillance units, and 27 ...

This week’s report ranges from a big proposal to remake global health institutions to a very concrete, “cynical” decision shaping health care in a humanitarian disaster.

Reports of a so called “bleeding eye” virus have collided with public anxiety about secretive government research, creating a ...

Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system erroneously attacks a protective insulation that surrounds neurons ...

Ushikuvirus is a newly identified giant virus that infects amoebas, adding to a growing group of oversized viruses that scientists believe may have played an important role in the emergence of complex ...

One of the leading triggers for multiple sclerosis (MS) is an infection with the Epstein-Barr virus. However, certain gene variants also play an important role. Researchers at the University of Zurich ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A traveler passing through Newark Liberty International Airport tested positive for measles – one of the world’s most infectious ...

A new version of the flu virus is now driving most infections this season, and cases continue to rise across the United States. The strain, known as H3N2 subclade K, has quickly become the dominant ...

This year’s flu season is shaping up to be a nasty one—driven by a new variant of the influenza virus that may be able to slip past our vaccine defenses. A mutated form of the influenza A strain H3N2 ...

COVID-19 infections are rising across the United States, amid surges in other winter illnesses. The uptick in COVID comes as the country faces a severe flu season and outbreaks of norovirus, which are ...

Norovirus, the infamous "winter vomiting disease," is surging again across the United States. Norovirus is a highly contagious stomach bug that causes sudden, often violent bouts of diarrhea and ...