The top 5 infectious disease stories on AJMC.com this year covered both outbreaks and government-related developments. Bird ...

In 2025, infectious diseases resurged globally due to climate change, conflict, and declining vaccination coverage. Bird flu, ...

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Responsibility for public health protection from communicable diseases exists at three government levels in the U.S. (federal, state/tribe, and local/municipal), with states having the authority to ...

During the coronavirus pandemic, the words contagious and infectious are used interchangeably in news reports and on social media, but knowing the difference between them can, in some cases, save ...

Doctors say a highly infectious flu strain, a.k.a. “super flu,” is driving a bad flu season. Here, what’s different this year ...

Non-communicable diseases are chronic health conditions that are not contagious to others. While a diagnosis can be scary, there are many options in treating or preventing symptoms. Learning about ...

Our distinguished infectious disease epidemiology faculty at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health have experience in the biological, behavioral, and social aspects of infection and ...

Infectious diseases are a leading cause of illness and death worldwide, and are particularly dangerous to individuals with compromised immune systems. Immunocompromised people are less apt to control ...

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now account for 71 percent of patients in Nepal, health officials said on Friday, ...

Earlier, on Dec. 2, the university issued an alert about a person who contracted contagious tuberculosis, or TB. UCD and health agencies are also conducting contact tracing to notify those who were in ...

Nearly 80 percent of U.S. households are connected to municipal wastewater collection systems. These sewer systems contain the biological waste, including discharged pathogens, of the human ...