infectious diseases

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…

A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is highlighting just how many Americans have been infected with COVID-19, and how significantly the number has increased since the arrival of the highly infectious omicron…

COLUMBIA — The leader of South Carolina’s Senate Republicans is warning that failing to create a system…

CNN  —  Although a federal judge struck down the Biden administration’s mask mandate for public transportation Monday, some experts say you don’t want to throw…

Health officials say they have detected more cases of a mysterious liver disease in children that was first identified in Britain, with new infections in Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and SpainBy MARIA CHENG AP Medical WriterApril…

The Omicron BA.2 variant is increasing its share of U.S. cases and putting particular pressure on parts of the Northeast, where wastewater readings and Covid-19 cases have ticked upward again from low levels.Recorded Covid-19 cases…

The fatal overdose rate among Black people surpassed that for white people in the first year of the pandemic, as an increasingly lethal drug supply and Covid-19’s destabilizing effects exacted a heavy toll on vulnerable communities in…

A plastic container containing Aedes aegypti mosquitoes Photo: Allison Shelley/For The Washington Post (Getty Images)British biotech firm Oxitec announced this week that it has received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection…

CNN —   As the Covid-19 pandemic enters its third year, scientists are finding that the coronavirus has far-reaching effects on health beyond the acute phase of…

The number of workers taking time off because they were sick with Covid-19—or caring for someone else who was—surged at the beginning of the year, topping another leading cause for missing work: caring for…