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STAT recently spoke to Erica Pan, California’s state epidemiologist, about what public health officials are doing to monitor ...
New research shows that the dramatic increases in life expectancy seen during the 19th and 20th centuries have slowed ...
The European Commission president is suspected of withholding private text messages that she supposedly exchanged with the ...
Autumn is here, and that means cooler weather and also the start of flu season. We know the best way to prevent influenza is ...
Six health care workers in the US who were in close contact with a patient known to have bird flu developed mild respiratory ...
Highlights Chronic Wasting Disease, a deadly disease that has devastated deer and elk populations in other regions, has been ...
Friday, at Space Vision 2024, an ambitious project was announced that promises to reshape how we document and learn from humanity's greatest achievements. For the first time ever, the entire program ...
In findings that suggest inroads are being made in the battle against America's opioid epidemic, new government data shows a ...
David Boucher, the director of infectious disease preparedness and response at the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, noted the government recently invested $72 million to boost ...
The USDA has reported a notable slowdown in bird flu detections among dairy cattle, suggesting that the outbreaks may be under control. Despite California's recent confirmation of bird flu in 12 dairy ...