Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling down on his view that infectious diseases capture public attention at the expense of chronic conditions and chronic diseases. “Every kid who ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made some claims about Americans with chronic diseases that should be challenged with critical thinking. (Alex Wong/Getty Images ...

In an interview with former Fox News journalist Megyn Kelly, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary introduced a new mechanism-driven pathway that could be leveraged by rare disease therapies while saying that ...

CRISPR can't target every location in the genome, and it can't fix the thousands of mutations present in diseases like cystic fibrosis," said co-senior author Omar Abudayyeh, Ph.D., an ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen ...

For more than a decade, I have worked as a physician and public-health expert responding to infectious diseases around the world. In 2014, while treating Ebola patients in Guinea, I contracted and ...

Regretfully, rust fungus spores seem to be plentiful and always available to affect plumeria, canna and hollyhock foliage. The disease can start at the beginning of the rainy season or earlier in ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made clear in testimony before the Senate this week that if confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary, his focus would be on chronic diseases over infectious ones.

The new year is certain to bring the spread of infectious diseases – both new and old. And several factors make 2025 ripe for transmission in the U.S., including declining childhood vaccination ...

Pictured above is a colourful mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis), and the deciduous plant Spanish jasmine (Plumeria rubra) is pictured below. Catesby “hoped to stimulate curiosity in natural ...

The Plumeria peeks out shyly from behind its lush tropical context. The home, a private property in the southern Indian state of Kerala is set by a lake in Nettoor, surrounded by palm trees and leafy ...