Twelve African countries have joined hands to facilitate stronger cross-border collaboration to respond, prevent and control disease outbreaks. The continent has recorded over 16,398 confirmed mpox ...

The World Health Organization announced Tuesday it has officially adopted the first-ever "Pandemic Agreement," just as the ...

NPR interviews Maria Van Kherkove, the infectious disease epidemiologist who is a leader in the World Health Organization.

An FDA advisory committee unanimously recommended Thursday that the next COVID vaccine should be a monovalent one in the JN.1 ...

Government vaccine advisers are meeting to decide if the recipe for COVID-19 vaccines needs updating for this fall and winter ...

South Africa has approved the first mpox diagnostic test, bolstering efforts to improve testing access across the globe.

The island nation of Fiji in the South Pacific Ocean is the latest country to be added to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Hypertension and mental health are closely linked. Psychologist Aanchal Choudhary Ahuja highlights how chronic stress, social ...