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Infectious disease experts are sounding the alarm about two pathogens in animals that have the potential to trigger the next ...

Gottlieb is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former FDA commissioner. McClellan is director of the Duke Margolis Institute for Health Policy and former FDA commissioner and ...

The first human death from bird flu in the United States occurred on Jan. 6 in a Louisiana hospital, less than three weeks before the second Donald Trump administration’s inauguration. Bird flu, also ...

Bangladeshi researchers have uncovered an emerging bat-borne virus in archived throat swabs and viral cultures from five patients initially thought to be infected with Nipah virus (NiV).

The scourge of scurvy, which is caused by vitamin C deficiency, may be re-emerging amid the cost of living crisis and the rise in weight loss (bariatric) surgery, suggest doctors in the journal BMJ ...

It’s no secret that feral hogs are not good news for the ecosystems of America. But now they present an additional threat.

Alzheimer disease research is yielding breakthroughs with blood tests and brain scans that can enhance early diagnosis, while new drugs promise to slow the disease and improve patients’ lives.