The NIH announced the beginning of a phase 1 first-in-human trial of a vaccine for Lassa fever, a potentially fatal viral hemorrhagic disease for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.

The country is presently battling its eighth Ebola outbreak, confirmed by the Ministry of Health in January, with two ...

The Oropouche virus has been linked to Zika-like outcomes in pregnant people, with cases more than doubling in 2024 ...

Covid-19 has settled into the ignoble cast of diseases considered native to New York, five years after the virus transformed ...

Uganda's Ministry of Health together with its partners, the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office and, the Africa ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week isn't over yet -- Democrats are still furious with him.

After recovering from Oropouche infection, symptoms recur in about 60% of patients within a few days up to several weeks.

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...

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According to a new study, an experiment on monkeys has shown that Ebola can be cured with just a pill. First discovered in ...

The measles outbreak continues in the United States. We look at what kind of threats it presents, how long it might go on and how people can keep themselves safe.

New research this month shows that the experimental antiviral obeldesivir prevented up to 100% of deaths in monkeys infected ...