During a press briefing at United Nations Information Service in Geneva, the following was commemorated: Dr. Rosamund Lewis, Head of the Smallpox Secretariat at the World Health Organization (WHO), said...

By Jacob Tyson Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was born in 1689 and is most esteemed and accredited for her accounts and publishing’s relating to the Ottoman Empire and more specifically on the women of the...

Current status The number of cholera cases are dropping in Yemen, with the weekly number of reported new cases declining by one third since June. Despite this good news, there are still many cases reported...

During a recent Outbreak News This Week interview with Blue Marble Health author, Dr. Peter Hotez, I asked the infectious disease expert for his thoughts on the life and accomplishments of the eradicator...

From 1793 to 1822 yellow fever was one of the most dreaded diseases in the port cities of the United States. Statistically, one can dismiss it as inconsequential in comparison to tuberculosis and smallpox....

Diphtheria is a bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, transmitted from person to person through close physical and respiratory contact. It can cause infection of the nasopharynx, which...