When it comes to the growing potential for a bird flu outbreak, the key question is whether the new Trump administration has ...

The Trump administration has appointed Matthew Memoli, a veteran researcher who was critical of the U.S. response to the ...

The first human death from bird flu in the United States occurred on Jan. 6 in a Louisiana hospital, less than three weeks ...

When a pathogen — any organism that causes a disease — jumps species, scientists get nervous because its genetic makeup can ...

Cholera topped the list of disease outbreaks in Africa last year as a warming world increased both flooding and droughts in ...

Health emergencies are on the rise in Africa. Last year, there were 213 public health outbreaks that the pan-African public ...

The U.S. has traditionally been the most generous benefactor of the WHO. A Trump executive order to cut ties with the WHO ...

Jason Yondura’s cellphone rings, and the caller has a number he doesn’t recognize. Though it’s most likely a spam call, Yondura answers, just as he does every time his phone sounds. That’s because the ...

In early December, health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, announced that an unknown illness had ...

A French cohort study confirmed high risks for lymphoma and small bowel cancer in patients with celiac disease but also found elevated risks for pancreatic, esophageal, gastric and colonic cancers, as ...

“There are two main forces driving treatment innovation: the unmet needs of patients and our improved understanding of disease,” commented Dr Gen Li, Phesi CEO and founder. “The former is why breast ...

After announcing that it intends to withdraw from the World Health Organization earlier this week, the Trump administration asked federal health agencies to pause their communications until at least ...