Scientists have found a human gene lurking in a virus that causes skin infections. It may be using our own DNA to infect us.

Javier Torres, a photojournalist with AFP, recently visited the Atacama Desert in Chile, capturing images of a desert in bloom after a spell of unusually wet weather.

It’s easier than ever to design killer pathogens.

Researchers say air monitoring complements wastewater testing in detecting respiratory pathogens from diverse populations, including asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic people.

This report describes the first 100 days of the 2026 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo compared to other Ebola outbreaks.

The strain lurking in the inflatable structure was hypervirulent.

RAxML-NG is a widely used tool for maximum likelihood based phylogenetic inference. In the seven years since the last RAxML-NG publication, we have continuously improved and extended the code. Here, w...

The Legend of Zelda turns 40. Dive into the series' history and read the latest news on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2.

President Trump announced Friday he would move to allow American farmers and ranchers to process their own food, hitting back against what he called the “monopoly” created by large processors.   Tr…

Twenty years on from the launch of the world-first vaccine against cervical cancer, Australian Immunisation Register data shows HPV vaccine coverage for girls and girls is dropping.

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. She died June 26 in Oklahoma, the last U.S. polio patient who used the machine, her sister said...

In one worst-case scenario projected, more than 20,000 cases would occur within three months if only 1 in 5 infected people are identified and isolated within two days.

New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that eats warm-blooded animals alive, has been found in a calf in Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday evening, exposing the nation's cattle...

A meteor exploded off the coast of Massachusetts, causing a loud boom to be heard throughout the state Saturday afternoon, according to WBZ-TV Chief Meteorologist Eric Fisher.

The Madera County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday celebrating the remodel and expansion of its newly remodeled lab facility. The ceremony highlighted the ...

The AMD Mountain Region Bioinformatics Code Club is a 30-minute virtual session designed for public health professionals who want to strengthen their bioinformatics skills. Each session is hands-on...

This report describes an increase in dengue cases reported during 2024.

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Sin Nombre Virus, Northwestern United States, 2023

The World Health Organization said one case of hantavirus infection has been confirmed, with five more suspected cases under investigation.

The Thermos Stainless King Food Jars and Thermos Sportsman Food & Beverage Bottles were sold at Walmart, Target and Amazon.com.

This report describes 50 large tuberculosis outbreaks in 23 states during 2017–2023.

Most Americans haven’t heard of Nancy Cox, but we’ve all been touched by her work

The missing samples — reported to include chikungunya and dengue viruses — have been recovered, but questions linger over motive.

Nancy Cox, a CDC veteran who for decades was a global leader in influenza research, has died at 77.

They can pose a threat to human health — yeast infections are but one example. Scientists say not enough attention is paid to their ability to develop resistance to medications that treat them.

Lab tests are negative for more than 200 pathogens, but testing continues.

San Francisco public health officials have confirmed the city’s first case of clade I mpox in an unvaccinated adult who was in contact with someone who had traveled internationally.

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41579-026-01305-yIn this Review, Ogoina et al. examine the emergence of mpox and its epidemiology, the viral life cycle, transmission dynamics, risk factors and clinical characteristics. They also explore current and future prevention and control strategies, including the therapeutic and vaccine landscape, as well as the urgent need for integrated surveillance, equitable access to countermeasures, and Africa-led research to address the ongoing multi-clade threat.