As the U.S. turns away from its role as a global health leader, we're increasing our risks from the next pandemic.

Using two decades of satellite data, researchers found that forest loss and fragmentation were among the strongest predictors ...

an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a global outbreak. This was the first time many had ever heard of the virus, but since it was first identified in 1976 ...

On a November morning in 2018, a man checked into a crowded emergency department (ED) in California reporting fever and body ...

Elon Musk, an unelected US official leading budget cuts, claims funding to contain Uganda's Ebola outbreak "accidentally" ...

Tracing contacts is key to stemming the spread of Ebola, and there are no approved vaccines for the Sudan strain of Ebola that’s infecting people in ... acquired the virus through contact ...

First identified in 1976 and thought to have crossed over from bats, Ebola is a deadly viral disease spread through direct ...

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THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JUST TOOK a sledgehammer to America’s public health infrastructure.

Deep funding cuts and widespread layoffs impact everything from local public health outreach to global disease surveillance, making us more vulnerable, experts warn.

Five years ago, most Virginians were stuck at home – terrified by the arrival of a deadly virus called COVID-19. Putting fear ...

In April at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, more than 190 countries will attempt to mount a final push to ...