Measles infections make people miserable for up to two long weeks, commonly causing dangerously high fevers, a painful sensitivity to light and, of course, a tell-tale red rash. Sufferers who escape ...

Several infectious disease specialists across the country told USA TODAY that they are unsure how long the current nationwide cyclospora outbreak will last. "What's different this year is the ...

A flea-borne disease once nearly eradicated in the United States is making a comeback. An outbreak of flea-borne typhus in ...

Dr Monica Gandhi MD, MPH, discusses the systemic challenges and containment infrastructure required to manage resurgent communicable diseases. The resurgence and continued spread of once-controllable ...

Infectious disease outbreaks are on the rise worldwide. A new analysis finds human actions, from deforestation to climate change, are partly responsible.

The San Diego State University football team experienced an outbreak of mumps, with more than a dozen players having been ...

Over roughly five weeks in April and May, the MV Hondius, a cruise ship struck by a hantavirus outbreak that killed three people, gripped the imaginations and anxieties of onlookers worldwide. The ...

The number of measles cases in the U.S. is now the highest in decades and could rise faster in the coming months due to low vaccination rates.

Global fragmentation of ecosystems and changing patterns of rainfall have increased the risk of diseases spreading to humans from animals, mosquitoes and ticks, finds a study led by a UCL researcher.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania are now included in the multistate outbreak that has sickened ...

New research on 58,319 infection records finds the geography of emerging disease tracks healthcare access more than ...

Global fragmentation of ecosystems and changing patterns of rainfall have increased the risk of diseases spreading to humans from animals, mosquitoes and ticks, according to a new study involving a ...