The Latest Breaking News from Disease

Public health organizations call for a ceasefire to distribute humanitarian aid and to address growing health risks

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that children, pregnant women and people with weak immune systems are at higher risk from the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Reports confirm that children under five account for 39% of all cases in the country, and babies as young…

Massachusetts confirms second EEE case in humans and horses, highlighting the seriousness of the mosquito-borne disease and the importance of prevention me...

There’s no doubt we have ways to keep everyone safe – if we have the will, says Gordon Brown, former UK prime minister and WHO ambassador

Health authorities in the United States are issuing warnings and closing public parks due to a rare but potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease.

More than 130,000 people will benefit from check-ups that will be considered the equivalent of an NHS appointment

Hopes that device may improve diagnosis and monitoring of conditions such as lung and kidney disease

Sloth fever or Oropouche virus is spreading in the United States, with 30 cases in all, and at least three cases of hospitalization in the country. West Nile fever is also on the rise in United States, and recently top US infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci became infected with…

Citing skyrocketing COVID spread, the FDA announced in late August that it had approved Pfizer’s Comirnaty and Moderna’s Spikevax vaccines early.

In recent years, the discovery of microplastics in various body organs has raised significant health concerns.

In 1817, a British physician named James Parkinson published An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, describing for the first time cases of a neurodegenerative disorder now known as Parkinson’s disease. Today, Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the U.S. It affects about 1 million Americans and…