When it comes to infectious diseases, measles is “the canary in the coal mine,” one expert said.

Humans have always battled microbes. But if the assaults seem to be coming more frequently and ferociously, that's because they are ...

Cases are up, vaccination rates are down, and new strains are circulating. Here's what you should know.

Measles canary in coal mine highlights rising outbreak risks as CDC reports 910 cases and exposure sites across six states in 2026.

Two-thirds of the confirmed cases this year are in South Carolina, most in people who are unvaccinated, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH). There has also been an ...

Adalja is an infectious disease physician and a senior scholar at the Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. Vergara Cid is an immigration law ...

A new year might mean new viral threats. Old viruses are constantly evolving. A warming and increasingly populated planet puts humans in contact with more and different viruses. And increased mobility ...

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 ...

As immune function wanes, people become vulnerable. What should be a sniffle becomes deadly pneumonia. Infections that should remain dormant awaken to fatal effect. An obscure fungus kills. People ...

The Covid-19 pandemic underscored the importance of infectious disease doctors — but the field is still facing a shortage, with consequences for the health of communities across the U.S. Specialists ...

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As people get sick with the flu and measles cases rise, the need for more infectious disease doctors is significant. That's ...