Human clinical trials may begin on an antiviral compound which was discovered and developed by Emory University and shows promise as a potential treatment for COVID-19. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

Georgia state health officials are reporting an increase in mumps cases in 2018. Since the beginning of the year, 125 cases have been reported. This is higher than the 121 cases reported in 2017 and...

When an American nurse working in West Africa became ill with Lassa fever and was evacuated to the U.S. for treatment in 2016, it provided a rare opportunity. With the consent of the patient, researchers...

One of the most common insecticides used in the battle against the Aedes aegypti mosquito has no measurable impact when applied in communities where the mosquito has built up resistance to it, a study...

The National Ebola Training & Education Center (NETEC), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today two free workshops offered that will help you deliver...

A study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine provides compelling evidence that extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) is spread from person-to-person in the KwaZulu-Natal province,...

A bird species that does a poor job spreading West Nile virus (WNV) but is particularly likely to get mosquito bites may explain why human infections with the disease are relatively uncommon in Atlanta,...

An analysis of numerous studies and reports finds that unvaccinated or undervaccinated U.S. individuals comprised a substantial proportion of cases in measles and some pertussis outbreaks. The analysis...

Has teen celeb Kylie Jenner gone anti-vaxx? Is she following in the footsteps of other ill-informed celebrities Donald Trump, Jenny McCarthy and Kristin Cavallari? Apparently so. She recently and briefly...

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To ensure that U.S. health care providers and facilities are prepared to safely identify, isolate, transport, and treat patients with Ebola and other emerging threats, the U.S. Department of Health and...