Palm oil, being the most readily available to much of the world's population, has become one of the most debated ingredients ...

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 ...

We’re learning more today about where we stand on a Lyme disease vaccine. We reported earlier this week that two vaccines are ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (EAU CLAIRE CITY-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE) - The Eau Claire City-County Health Department has developed a public dashboard to make data about reportable communicable ...

A potentially lethal disease is making headlines in the U.S. as rates of vaccination fall. Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib ...

Texas Biomedical Research Institute has established a new $2 million Tuberculosis Innovation and Technology Fund supported by philanthropic investment to accelerate future TB discoveries, therapies ...

The federal government wants to move on from the COVID-19 pandemic, and one way it is doing this is by cutting about $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for state and local public health ...

Expanding access to precision diagnostics for complex infections. With rising rates of complicated and hospital-acquired ...

Jackson-Madison County General Hospital is constructing a Highly Infectious Disease (HID) unit in response to challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Media attention given to the recent Ebola outbreak has overshadowed the fact that any number of communicable diseases can cause significant harm and death. Acute respiratory infections, such as ...