Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an ...

The list of vaccine-preventable diseases is long — The World Health Organization lists 25 diseases for which vaccines are ...

While respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) typically causes mild symptoms in adults, the virus can be life-threatening for infants. The seasonal virus is the most common cause of lower respiratory tract ...

I thought I had misheard. Scarlet fever sounds like something from a different century. Many people today are only vaguely ...

Deadly viruses throughout history From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than ...

Covid has largely dropped out of the headlines, but the virus that causes it is still circulating. We ask what we should know about a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the state of the Covid pandemic in 2025 ...

North Brother Island in New York City served as a quarantine zone for patients infected with deadly diseases such as smallpox ...

"The reality is simple: gonorrhoea is common, rising fast, and becoming more difficult to treat. We need every weapon we can ...