Epidemiology

Outpatient flu visits and hospitalizations are higher than at any time in the past 15 years

Low vaccination rates and undetected infections are driving the measles outbreak in West Texas

Bird flu headlines include three new human cases, millions of dead birds in poultry flocks and new personnel moves from the Trump administration

With hospitalizations and at least nine confirmed cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination

"I call this virus a terrorist," says one egg farmer after millions of chickens have died in recent weeks

Nearly 119,000 birds have been culled at a farm in California after a bird flu called H5N9 was detected among the poultry

COVID levels may have peaked but flu is still high; RSV is on the way out

Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving vaccines are revoked under the new administration

H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, and additional cases have been reported in domestic cats

The Trump administration may undermine U.S. leadership and the international system of global health cooperation. Pandemic preparedness, resilient health systems and reproductive rights will suffer worldwide

Louisiana has reported the first U.S. fatality from avian influenza. Most of the country’s human cases have been mild

Former president Jimmy Carter’s charity has helped transform Guinea worm from a disease that used to infect millions to one that infects fewer than a dozen