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The malaria parasite is acquiring partial resistance to a key medication used to care for children experiencing severe malaria, according to a new JAMA study. 

What’s behind the resurgence of diseases we know how to prevent, and what new vaccines are on the horizon?

How Rwanda is working to contain its first-ever outbreak of the deadly virus—including by testing a new vaccine.

Experts share how they expect a Harris or Trump administration would affect abortion access, health care costs, federal agencies, global health, gun violence, and immigration.

RSV season is upon us—but we have the tools available to protect the people most vulnerable to it.

The choices we make today will determine whether we have a livable future.

Authors say findings support considering convalescent plasma deployment for future infectious diseases emergencies

Biodiversity is one of our best defenses against many infectious diseases.

Industrial food animal production exploits workers, poisons water sources, and promotes the transmission of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Is there a better way?

Countries do not need to wait until WHO member states reach consensus to begin the essential, though perhaps less exciting, behind-the-scenes system-strengthening work to prepare for the implementation of the pandemic accord. 

As the planet warms, fungi are adapting to survive at higher temperatures, becoming drug-resistant—and posing threats to human health. 

The updated COVID vaccine provides safe, effective protection against current variants for everyone 6 months and older.

A global agreement on pandemic preparedness and response would address the weaknesses exposed by COVID-19, but countries are still struggling to find consensus. 

Hot weather, human behavior patterns, and an easily mutating virus create the perfect recipe for COVID to peak in the summer.

As the climate continues to warm, flooding—and its associated health risks—is becoming more common.