CDC launches initiative to test wastewater for polioviruses in some communities
With growing concern about the circulation of vaccine-derived polioviruses in the United States, the Centers…
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With no exit strategy from ‘zero Covid’ policy, China could face tsunami in cases, experts fear
As the world watches the rare spectacle of protesters challenging China’s authoritarian leadership over its…
Experimental flu vaccine, developed using mRNA, seen as potential game changer
An experimental influenza vaccine developed using messenger RNA technology appears capable of inducing what should…
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U.K. analysis shows one dose of monkeypox vaccine yields strong protection
An analysis released Tuesday by U.K. health officials indicates that even one dose of the…
Opinion: A tripledemic hurricane is making landfall. We need masks, not just tent hospitals
A viral hurricane is making landfall on health care systems battered by three pandemic years….
Why doesn’t the U.S. have at-home flu tests?
Flu season is underway. RSV is putting record numbers of children in hospitals. And health…
Opinion: Congress: Confront the superbug crisis and pass PASTEUR
By 2050, drug-resistant infections caused by “superbugs” could kill 10 million people each year around…
Sporting night vision goggles, a scientist probes the internal clocks that help parasites infect people
In the 1700s, French astronomer Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan noticed that the leaves of the…
How infectious disease experts are responding to Covid nearly three years in
The world is fast approaching the third anniversary of those days when we got our…
Opinion: We know what it’s like to live in fear of polio. We also know how to stop it
Polio, a dangerous and even deadly infectious disease, is a distant memory for many global…
WHO, Uganda plan to test three candidate Ebola vaccines in outbreak
The World Health Organization and the government of Uganda plan to test three candidate Ebola…
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‘I pushed back’: Fauci on how his response to Trump on Covid turned him into ‘public enemy No. 1’
As he faces the possibility of increased scrutiny from what is likely to be a…
Opinion: Employing everyday public health efforts to respond to polio’s re-emergence
Ask most Americans to name a victim of polio and they’ll say President Franklin Delano…
New study suggests monkeypox outbreak may be fueled in part by pre-symptomatic transmission
A new British study suggests people who are infected with monkeypox may be able to…
STAT+: Biotech company seeks to overcome hurdles to develop flu vaccine skin patch
In the future, getting a flu shot might be as easy as opening the mailbox…
Pfizer says vaccine to prevent RSV in newborns is effective
Pfizer’s maternal vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus reduced the rate of severe illness in…
In a year it was supposed to flare, polio-like syndrome in kids doesn’t, adding to mystery
Physicians who treat children who develop a strange polio-like syndrome known as acute flaccid myelitis…
With hospitalizations ticking up, flu season appears off to an early start
There are increasing signs that flu season is off to a very early start in…
Got questions about the timing of flu and Covid vaccines? Here’s what experts say
Over the past few weeks, cases of flu have begun to creep up across the…
CDC: Signs point to an early start for flu season, with cases already ticking up in parts of the U.S.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic emerged, influenza trackers would begin reading tea leaves around this time…
Opinion: Polio eradication is in sight. Don’t stop funding it now
When it comes to eradicating infectious diseases, there can be no half measures: it’s an…
Opinion: The first malaria vaccine is here. Let’s meet the moment
One child dies every two minutes from malaria. Wider use of a new vaccine can…
Citing Ebola outbreak in Uganda, U.S. to screen all passengers arriving from there
The United States is going to direct travelers arriving from Uganda, where a fast-growing Ebola…
Opinion: Rabies will continue to take lives without stronger human-animal health policies
The Covid-19 pandemic set back many of the global health goals for 2030. One of…
Ebola experimental vaccine trial may begin soon in Uganda
A clinical trial of one or perhaps two experimental vaccines designed to protect against the Ebola…
Early analysis suggests monkeypox vaccine is reducing risk of infection in U.S.
A very preliminary analysis of data from 32 states appears to suggest that the monkeypox…
‘It is sinking us even further’: STI clinics, already stretched thin, strain under weight of monkeypox response
At the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s sexual health clinic, patients are normally seen within 24…
Opinion: Listen: Polio is back in the U.S. Two physicians offer ways to fight its spread
Polio has exploded back into Americans’ consciousness after being out of the spotlight in the…
Poxviruses, outbreaks, and Ebola: A Q&A with a retiring CDC expert on bad bugs
In the last week of August, one of the world’s foremost poxvirus experts retired from…
Is the Covid-19 pandemic over? The answer is more art than science
Is the Covid-19 pandemic over? President Biden told Scott Pelley of “60 Minutes” it was….
Opinion: A challenge trial can streamline testing of hepatitis C vaccines
Trade-offs in medicine can be harsh, even when clearly necessary. Chemotherapy can save people from…
Complexity of Covid vaccine program leads to concerns about potential for error
The rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination program has reached new heights of complexity with the…
Opinion: Vaccine guarantees can help prevent the resurgence of polio
The first case of polio in the U.S. in a decade has triggered intense debate…
With a promising new plan to pay for pricey cures, two states set out to eliminate hepatitis C. But cost hasn’t been the biggest problem
WASHINGTON — For nearly a decade, many experts assumed the biggest obstacle to eliminating hepatitis…
With increased virus activity, providers urged to be alert for signs of rare polio-like syndrome in kids
Pediatricians and top health officials are warning about an uptick in activity of a common…
Don’t let shrill debates keep you from getting a Covid booster
Even before the new Covid booster shots arrived, the arguments about them got shrill. There’s…
Push to double up on Covid booster and flu shot may have a downside, experts caution
“I really believe this is why God gave us two arms — one for the…
Stress and depression are better long Covid indicators than physical comorbidities, new study says
Studies have repeatedly suggested that physical conditions like immunosuppression and hypertension can increase a person’s…
Study raises concerns about the effectiveness of the monkeypox vaccine
A new study is raising concerns about the effectiveness of the monkeypox vaccine being used…
Your questions on the new Covid vaccine boosters answered
Sometime this weekend or early next week, pharmacies and doctors’ offices are going to start…
A Q&A with WHO’s Maria Van Kerkhove on Covid — and fatigue over the pandemic
Maria Van Kerkhove gets it. Truly, she knows you’re over Covid. The World Health Organization’s…
FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna Covid boosters targeted against Omicron strains
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized new Covid booster shots from Moderna and…
10 key questions about monkeypox the world needs to answer
Just over three months ago, public health authorities in the U.K., Europe, and the U.S….
Opinion: Polio in New York: A call to action for U.S. pediatricians and public health to work together
A nightmare for pediatricians became a reality earlier this month: Polio, which was previously thought…
Scientists are racing to develop home tests that measure protection against Covid-19
As the world continues to learn how to live with Covid-19 in the long run,…
Opinion: Biden’s long Covid plan is a good start. But it needs to go further
Two-and-a-half years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the Biden administration released its national action plan to…
White House, facing pressure from activists, to accelerate rollout of monkeypox treatments and vaccines
Biden Administration health officials said Wednesday they would accelerate access to vaccines and treatments for…
Risk of ‘brain fog’ and other conditions persists up to two years after Covid infection
Among the many worrying consequences of Covid-19, neuropsychiatric conditions rank high. A year ago researchers…
‘What aren’t we facing?’: Immunization leader lays bare challenges facing the monkeypox response
In the United States, the circumstances around monkeypox vaccine are a good news, bad news…
Wastewater monitoring identifies polioviruses in New York City
New York State health authorities announced Friday that polioviruses have been found in wastewater from…