ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be ...

There already are reports detailing how deep cuts at the NIH could curtail research into infectious diseases — a particularly disturbing development as bird flu spreads throughout the U.S. And ...

William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, discusses the symptoms of norovirus, how best to treat it ...

Dr. Michael Osterholm is a medical detective and Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, or CIDRAP, at the University of Minnesota. Osterholm has nearly 50 years of ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown origin in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists examined 550 ...

is a question many health officials and infectious disease experts are now asking. And so far — say the few who will go on the record about their concerns — things are not looking promising.

The NIH announced that it is launching a phase 2 human challenge trial of AV-1, an investigational monoclonal antibody to ease dengue virus symptoms when given before and after infection ...

With just hours left in office, President Joe Biden has issued a preemptive pardon for Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert. For nearly four decades, Fauci directed the National ...

Tanzania’s president has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), a highly infectious virus like Ebola that can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of cases without treatment.

Meet the expert: Thomas Russo, MD, is a professor and chief of infectious disease at the University at Buffalo in New York. Unfortunately, yes, there is a tuberculosis outbreak happening in Kansas ...

Meet the expert: Thomas Russo, MD, is a professor and chief of infectious disease at the University at Buffalo in New York. Unfortunately, yes, there is a tuberculosis outbreak happening in Kansas ...

Brits are being reminded of the five main symptoms of Mpox after another case of a deadly variant was detected in the UK. The new case of Clade 1b Mpox was detected in East Sussex in a person who ...