Zoonotic diseases, like COVID-19, malaria, and rabies, are illnesses that can spread from animals to people and vice versa.

To the editor: Staff writer Corinne Purtill’s article on healthcare avoidance due to Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations highlights a crucial gap: the public health threat posed by ...

You may get mono by contracting the Epstein-Barr virus. It spreads through saliva, like when you're kissing someone or sharing food or utensils.

In 16 of the 25 countries surveyed, majorities believe the spread of infectious diseases poses a major threat. This is the case in all nine middle-income countries included in the survey, but also in ...

Over the last few months, health officials in the United States have been tracking a measles outbreak, monitoring bird flu cases in humans and raising alarms over an increased risk of dengue virus in ...

University of Bristol provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. When the COVID pandemic hit, many people turned to the eerily prescient film Contagion (2011) for answers – or at ...

State health leaders are monitoring another highly infectious disease — this time the mumps, after discovering a case on Hawaii Island.

A generation ago, infectious childhood diseases were nearly wiped out in the U.S., thanks to immunization programs. In the ...

MISSOURI (KFVS) - Health officials are warning everyone to use caution in light of a Missouri patient infected by a brain-eating amoeba. At last check, the patient is in the ICU. Doctors say the ...

The heat of summer is upon us and what better way to enjoy it than a walk in the cool woods. We have a nice mixed stand of trees that grow along the little river that runs behind the house. There are ...

When the COVID pandemic hit, many people turned to the eerily prescient film "Contagion" (2011) for answers—or at least for catharsis. Suddenly, its hypothetical plot felt all too real. Applauded for ...