New research led by University of South Carolina environmental health sciences assistant professor Laura Langan has provided further support for the effectiveness of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE ...

The dangers for infection aren’t only caused by microbes, but also by the molecular signals they release. To detect and neutralize these signals, may be the next era for infectious disease control.” — ...

U.S. doctors are getting the word out about how to spot a rare measles complication that had been a relic of the past: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. It affects a person years after a measles ...

Some people online believe many of us have dangerous parasites in our gut and need to flush them out with herbal supplements.

After a record-setting year for measles in 2025, transmission of the virus has not slowed. Just 2 1/2 months into 2026, there ...

A single London borough has had 80 cases of a ‘fast-spreading’ measles outbreak in less than three months. Measles is a highly contagious disease that notoriously causes a red rash behind the ears or ...

Leadership expansion strengthens global policy, trade, and outbreak response expertise as GOS builds a transboundary and zoonotic disease training initiative. Building strong animal health systems and ...

Large-scale evolutionary analysis shows most zoonotic viruses emerge without prior adaptation, while passing through a laboratory leaves detectable genetic signatures, offering a new tool to interpret ...

California is sounding big alarms as measles, one of the most contagious diseases known to medicine, races through pockets of ...

The Ebola virus, Cordyceps fungi, and even the stomach flu have helped inspire some of the most gruesome infectious diseases seen on the screen.