Routine childhood vaccinations will have prevented hundreds of millions of illnesses, tens of millions of hospitalizations and more than 1 million deaths among people born between 1994 and 2023, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Monkeypox, typically rare, is spreading around the world. Here’s a quick look at everything you need to know about this viral disease.

The deadly strain kills one in every ten people who catches it.

The Centers for Disease Control on Wednesday alerted doctors to be on the lookout for a deadly new strain of mpox spreading through parts of Africa while U.S. officials committed $424 million to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is the epicenter of the outbreak. Why it matters: The so-called clade I virus is more virulent and deadly than the clade II variety that caused a global outbreak in 2022. The CDC alert came soon after World...

The World Health Organization is weighing discussions on whether to declare an international public health emergency as a deadlier strain of mpox spreads in Africa. Why it matters: Vaccines and public health surveillance could control the virus, which is killing about 3% of those infected with a new strain in Africa this year and spreading via sex, Science reports. Driving the news: WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote Sunday on...

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

Cholera, a waterborne disease that has been eradicated in the UK since 1893, could see 'unusually large outbreaks' due to increasing climate 'anomalies'

Data shows overall resistance to masks, but lower Paxlovid prescription and vaccination rates for people of color

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Researchers say that a flu-like illness caused by fumes from burning nonstick pans hit its highest levels in decades in 2023. Long term effects of the inhaling these chemicals are unknown.

The wastewater viral activity level for COVID-19 is high and very high in 26 states right now, according to the CDC, with more than 70% of illnesses stemming from a highly contagious COVID strain known as the flirt variant. Andrew Pekosz is the professor and vice chair of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He joined CBS News to talk about the spike in cases.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for COVID-19 still call for a period of isolation for those dealing with the virus. This comes after a summer COVID wave appears to have grown in some parts of the country. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder has more on the current protocols in place.