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A map of acute respiratory illness levels across the US. Source With the arrival of spring, respiratory illness season is beginning to...

In late February, a school-aged child in Texas died from measles, marking the United States's first fatality from the virus in a decade....

Healthcare worker protests in India, which recently made the news for issues like poor pay and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, as...

The measles virus In the United States, the year 2020 had the lowest number of measles cases reported—only 19 cases—but that decrease...

Cows killed by H5N1 in California, where the deadly virus has spread to hundreds of farms and at least 27 people. Source On an ordinary...

Population aging is starting to become more commonplace in the world. The UN states that as of 2021, 1 in 10 people are aged 65 or above,...

On September 27, 2024, Rwanda reported its first case of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever, a lethal Ebola-like virus, setting off alarms in the...

EEE is a life-threatening viral disease carried by mosquitoes. Source When Americans experience viral outbreaks, they often do so through...

Since it first appeared in dairy cows in the American South in early 2024, H5N1 bird flu has hopscotched across the nation. While the...

Update: Mpox is now a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Less than two years after the World Health Organization (WHO)...

We are in the midst of another COVID wave. At the Paris Olympics, masks have made a return as athletes fall ill. In the United States,...

“Mental health epidemic” and “national crisis” are terms we’ve all heard one way or another. From seeing it in our own communities to...

Recent months have seen a global rebound of cholera, a dreaded bacterial disease that can kill within hours. The World Health...

There is no doubt that tensions have been rising between the world’s great powers in recent years, an issue only accelerated by the...

Earlier last month, United States Surgeon-General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public health crisis. To bring gun deaths under...

A closer look at five diseases making headlines this summer To view this article as an instagram post, click here H5N1: is cow flu the...

The Pakistani port city of Karachi has been battered by extreme temperatures this week. Source Since temperatures in Karachi, Pakistan...

The story of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has been convoluted from the start. The first report hinting at its existence,...

Nine years ago, Brazilian health authorities reported the country’s first cases of a rare but mild viral infection called Zika. At first,...

As climate change worsens and global temperatures rise, there has been a notable rise in diseases both new and old. In a recent Nature...