Pandemics

"Mpox is transmitted very efficiently through sexual contact."

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

Health professionals must encourage vaccination and fight misinformation

This chart shows the number of recognized species of human pathogens, by existing and emerging status.

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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.

DEL MAR, Calif., Aug. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Phylex Biosciences has achieved positive results with its new mRNA nanoparticle vaccine against the Nipah virus in an immunogenicity study conducted in collaboration with scientists of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. The Nipah virus is a pathogen causing encephalitis and acute respiratory distress in humans, with recent outbreaks in Bangladesh, India,...

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...

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

The man, aged in his 60s, contracted the illness on July 27 before dying in hospital on Sunday.

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.