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Here are key takeaways from a WHO briefing on the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship.

“Fabricated” citations that do not reference real academic papers are spreading in the literature, polluting the public record of science, a new study found

The same disinformation agents who are trying to erase the history of the pandemic, are also trying to erase the history of MAHA.

A report showing the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines has been ​blocked from being published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ‌and Prevention's flagship scientific journal, a spokesperson from the...

Forty-three current and former C.D.C. employees on the changes they say are replacing science with ideology — and making Americans more vulnerable.

Policy decisions grounded in Maga talking points are helping to fuel a PhD exodus from government

A model that tracks the impact of USAID funding cuts estimates that more than 760,000 people have died as a result of those cuts since January 2025.

Researchers say they couldn’t find complete data for 10 trials that together enrolled tens of thousands of children in Guinea-Bissau

Objective peer review, and HHS- and NIH- specific priorities, and a standardized, transparent process for incorporating NIAID-specific priorities will guide funding selections.

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High profile physicians should be using their positions of power to resist Trump and RFK Jr’s damaging policies, not collaborating with them, say Gavin Yamey and Jonathan Shaffer President Donald Tr...

Trump, who called the decision "very good", has directed the health department to look into making more changes to childhood vaccinations.

The U.S. administration recently unveiled its new approach to global health. A retreat from multilateralism, a geopolitical emphasis, and rushed transitions could threaten progress.

On 1 December WHO joins partners and communities to commemorate World AIDS Day 2025. Under the theme “Take the rights path: My health, my right!”, WHO is calling on global leaders and citizens to cham...

The COP30 global climate summit in Brazil may have been the last opportunity for the nations of the world to reach an agreement that limits planetary […]

With so many COP 30 eulogies, we need to ask if our toxic relationship with the climate change negotiations system is part of the problem.

The National Climate Risk Assessment is attacked in the Daily Telegraph, while wind turbines became a frightening obstacle for firefighting planes and solar panels a source of mountains of landfill wa...

SARS-CoV-2 variant booster vaccination broadens human B cell responses through the germinal center reaction.

“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.

The new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation maintains access for the shot through health insurance. The recommendations come at a turbulent time for the CDC, which recently saw ...