The country’s anti-plague institutes have played an important role in preventing outbreaks and also have a history of supporting Soviet bioweapons programs, a biodefense expert says.

New information around the death of a lab worker, including a statement that she had been vaccinated against the plague, came as U.S. officials demanded more data.

The scientists identified a vulnerable piece of the recurring malaria parasite P. vivax, advancing efforts to develop a vaccine against relapse-causing infections.

Michael Mina, MD, PhD, discusses phase 3 LIBERTY study data showing that the monoclonal antibody VYD2311, alone or combined with an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, was associated with fewer adverse events than...

A low-power blue light could be the key to significantly reducing food poisoning caused by raw chicken, scientists at the University of Reading have found. The technique is a viable alternative to chl...

Public health serves us best when we can trust the CDC is counting what happened, not deciding to count what Secretary Kennedy prefers to have happened.

The death of a lab worker in Russia has authorities looking at whether plague played a role. Even if it did, though, the odds of it spreading are very low.

Infectious-diseases experts say vaccination rates at some schools are concerning as Maryland sets a modern record for cases amid a wave of national outbreaks.

After a rough flu season in 2025-2026, experts have thoughts about the upcoming one.

Much is unclear about the tragedy, but plague researchers say there is “zero” chance of an epidemic

The U.S.

President Donald Trump said he has a call scheduled with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “very soon” amid reported U.S. frustration over lack of details from Moscow.

SARS, Ebola and covid highlighted role of plane travel in spreading — and tracking — outbreaks.

Cases in the Northern Hemisphere are cropping up weeks early, and they are dominated by a virus with a concerning mutation.

A Russian lab worker’s mysterious death of suspected pneumonic plague has led to quarantines and global alarm. Here’s what health experts want you to know.

US funding cuts caused sharp and lasting declines in HIV prevention, testing and treatment services at organizations serving some of the people most vulnerable to the virus in Uganda and Zimbabwe, acc...

Bangladesh is considering carrying out clinical trials of a vaccine against dengue fever after thousands of patients have been ​hospitalised with the disease and hundreds have died, a ‌minister said o...

Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday after a Kenyan citizen who had travelled from Democratic Republic ‌of Congo died in Nairobi.

The State Department is pushing Moscow for details about the potential leak of pneumonic plague in Siberia.

The death of Russian lab technician researching the plague has set off alarms abroad and at home as observers note resemblances to the conditions that some theorized preceded the COVID-19 pandemic.…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible case of plague...

GENEVA — The World Health Organization says a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia presents a “very low” risk outside the country as investigators look into what caused the de...

Chill out about reports about plague in Siberia, writes infectious disease doctor Krutika Kuppalli.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’s strategic plan for 2026–2030 also omitted emerging infectious diseases and pandemic preparedness.

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The episode has attracted international attention because initial media reports linked the laboratory worker’s death to pneumonic plague.

A woman’s death last week near a Russian facility studying the plague immediately put the world on alert. This is the plague, after all, responsible for the deaths of some half of the humans in Europe...

Even though many questions remain unanswered, the death probably isn’t cause for panic.

Offices in Angola and South Sudan closed last week, with the Zimbabwe office and others not far behind.

Russian secrecy means it unclear how grave the threat is

Florida has tracked more than 250 locally acquired dengue cases this year.

A 28-year-old scientist died in Russia after apparently being exposed to a pneumonic plague strain in a biological laboratory setting. Dr. Amesh Adalja explains more.

A child died last month from complications of the invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection, DPHHS said.

Researchers have uncovered how phage proteases activate CBASS antiphage immunity, revealing a novel bacterial virus-sensing mechanism.

We still don't know which pathogen killed a Russian researcher, or how well contained it is.

Fox News host Will Cain investigates a mysterious death at a Russian anti-plague lab on 'The Will Cain Show.'

What doctors on the front lines are seeing should serve as a warning to other states.

The State Department’s new approach to foreign aid is changing the way the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention works abroad.

Kenyan authorities on Tuesday confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo. It is the latest country hit by the fast-moving outbreak of the disease that aid workers say is spreading li...

Russian authorities told the World Health ​Organization on Tuesday that it has no cases ‌of plague in the city of Irkutsk in Siberia, where a laboratory worker at a plague research institute died last...

Officials say the resident is under 18 years old and is unvaccinated. They are recovering at home.

The authorities said that the virus had been diagnosed in a man arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo and that they were taking measures to prevent any spread.

The U.S. government is monitoring reports that a laboratory worker in Russia died​ from the pneumonic plague.

In a small Idaho town, a young mother is accused of killing her young twins. She blames the childhood vaccines they received.

The respiratory syncytial virus prefusion F protein-based vaccine does not increase the risk for severe myocarditis or pericarditis in adults.