communicable disease control

CNN  —  Flu continues to be very prevalent in the US, but the first wave of the season – which swept through the country weeks earlier than usual – appears to have peaked.…

CNN  —  The majority of long Covid symptoms resolve within the first year after infection for people with mild cases of Covid-19, according to a large study conducted in…

CNN  —  A flu season that hit the United States early and hard is showing the first signs of slowing in parts of the country. For the first time this season,…

CNN  —  In the United States, approximately 658 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered since they were first distributed exactly two years ago Wednesday.…

CNN  —  An experimental HIV vaccine has been found to induce broadly neutralizing antibodies among a small group of volunteers in a Phase 1 study. The findings suggest that…

CNN  —  New York’s governor has declared a state of emergency after health officials detected poliovirus in the wastewater of five counties – evidence the disease is…

CNN  —  Since the beginning of the monkeypox outbreak, scientists and activists have pushed for the name of the virus and the disease to be changed to something…

CNN  —  We’ve become used to displays of braggadocio by politicians (see former President Donald Trump). That’s why it’s notable when a politician admits that the political…

CNN  —  The US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization Tuesday that allows health-care providers to change how the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine is…

CNN  —  An extremely rare disease called monkeypox, a much less severe cousin of smallpox, is spreading around the world. More than 250 cases have been…