Pandemics

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

If you come across brightly colored, cloth-bound books from the Victorian era, you might want to handle them gently, or even steer clear altogether. Some of their attractive hues come from dyes that could pose a health risk to readers, collectors or librarians.

Recent research indicates that mRNA Covid-19 vaccines may not generate long-lasting immune protection.

A new study indicates what researchers describe as an ongoing "stubborn mistrust" in science among the American public as it relates to COVID-19 vaccines.

Global efforts to contain the spread of tuberculosis are floundering

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 …

The agency endorsed additional doses for people at high risk.

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

A new study published this week found severe COVID-19 infections from the first wave of the pandemic could double the risk of heart attack and stroke.

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.

Eight researchers told National Geographic that rising temperatures are creating environments conducive to the growth of Naegleria fowleri, a pathogen that causes an acute, life-threatening brain infection.

Public health experts warn ‘overinflated view of abilities’ and restrictive laws could make next outbreak more lethal

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.

"Mpox is transmitted very efficiently through sexual contact."

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.

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

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