An outbreak of bird flu in Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, prompted countries to implement trade restrictions in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus after the first case was ...

Despite a coordinated response and a vaccine, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s struggle with the deadly virus seems to have no quick end in sight. A member of the medical staff of the Ebola ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Congo’s authorities announced this week a new Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than a dozen people in a southern province. Samples analyzed at the National Institute for ...

Another American state is on red alert after eight new cases of measles have emerged, potentially exposing millions more to the deadly disease. The patients are located in Spartanburg County in South ...

The Food and Drug Administration has updated information for four foodborne illness outbreaks. For an outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg that the FDA first posted on June 13, the agency has closed its ...

SUMENEP – Three health care workers rode motorbikes into the Indonesian city of Sumenep, carrying doses of measles vaccine and a list of children who needed them. With blue medical boxes in hand, they ...

Certain ants appear to alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, offering inspiration for disease control interventions in the human world as well. Ants are many things. Like, they're very ...