Objective To summarise the extent and quality of evidence on the association between prison cell spatial density (a measure of crowding) and infectious and communicable diseases transmission among ...

New innovations that could transform infectious disease surveillance and control, including the use of Big Data, mobile health approaches and cutting edge quantitative methods, offer hope for ...

Kennedy Jr. unveiled a new report today focusing on childhood diseases, which calls for increased scrutiny of childhood vaccines and a review of pesticides used on crops, causing concern among ...

The vaccine is expected to be commercially ready for the 2025-2026 COVID-19 season. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Nuvaxovid ™ (COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted) for active ...

Opportunistic and chronic infections, that is, those which present more commonly or more severely in people who are immunocompromised,1 are encountered in the setting of autoimmune inflammatory ...

This diverse group of conditions includes congenital and neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, neurological infections, neurological–immunological disorders, ...

A traveler with measles was at Newark Liberty International Airport for several hours while infectious this week, health officials said. Anyone who was in Newark Airport's Terminal B between 12:30 ...

Entire generations have barely encountered these diseases as high vaccination rates and intensive surveillance efforts have largely shielded the country from major outbreaks. “We were quite ...

Brazil has confirmed its first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 on a commercial poultry farm. The incident occurred in Montenegro, located in the southern state of Rio Grande ...

It's time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I'm joined here in studio by the show's two hosts, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hi, y'all. EMILY KWONG, BYLINE ...