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

Global focus on non-communicable diseases, sleep health, and the impact of sleep deprivation on public health worldwide.

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 ...

United States Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a massive testing and research effort to identify the ...

With less than 5% of infected individuals in Texas vaccinated, health officials highlight the urgent need for increased measles immunization rates in communities.

The Trump administration silenced essential clinical and public health guidance and vital epidemiologic and disease-outbreak ...

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

The best way to avoid transmission remains two doses of a measles or MMR vaccine, according to the CDC, the World Health Organization, and the majority of infectious disease experts.

The highly anticipated White House report on childhood diseases, titled "Make Our Children Healthy Again: Assessment," was ...

Trump orders U.S. to leave the World Health Organization. President signs more ... USAID contracts and other foreign aid. HHS pauses CDC, FDA, and NIH communications with the public.

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

“About half the world’s population is now at risk for dengue with an expected 100 to 400 million infections occurring each year,” the World Health Organization wrote in a recent ...