The CDC reported 91 norovirus outbreaks the week of Dec. 5, 2024, up from 69 the previous week.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday its analysis of samples from the first severe case of bird flu in the country last week showed mutations not seen in samples from an infected backyard flock on the patient's property.

There have been over 32,000 cases of whooping cough this year, CDC data shows—the highest toll seen in a decade.

As we approach a new presidential administration and a new Congress, we cannot regard COVID-19 as one of several respiratory diseases that can be dealt with through a vaccination program and other …

H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.

As of Friday afternoon, there are 13 confirmed human cases of the Bird flu in the state and hundreds of infected cows.

The California Department of Public Health reported the state’s fourth case of a person contracting bird flu Thursday afternoon.

America is experiencing its worst whooping cough outbreak in a decade. Experts say there's a cyclical nature to outbreaks like this but that the timing was altered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the World Health Organization declaring a global Public Health Emergency for Mpox, countries like India, Pakistan and China have all now sprung into act...

Global health officials on Thursday confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus in Sweden and linked it to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the continent a day after the World Health Organization declared the disease a global public health emergency. Swedish health officials said at a press conference that the person was infected while in Africa with the clade Ib type of mpox involved in the recent outbreak. "The emergence of a case on the European continent could spur rapid international spread of mpox," said Lawrence Gostin, a public health expert and professor at Georgetown Law in Washington.

Democratic Republic of the Congo among countries affected by the virus, with death toll now more than 1,450

Oropouche fever, also known as 'sloth fever', is a viral disease that is transmitted to humans through midge or mosquito bites

Melbourne is grappling with its worst outbreak of the disease in 24 years, which has resulted in 77 confirmed and nine suspected cases.