The fifth anniversary of COVID-19 is approaching. With a possible bird flu pandemic looming and a mysterious deadly outbreak spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we should quickly learn the ...

SAN DIEGO — Tuesday marked five years since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. CBS 8 looked back at the lessons San Diego County has learned and some of ...

For many, COVID-19 has faded into a recent memory. Even for hospitals, healthcare providers, and clinical staff, the way we view the virus has evolved since 2020. Yet, the lessons learned should not ...

In December 2024, on the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, UN-Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated: “The COVID-19 crisis may have passed, but a harsh lesson remains: The world is ...

The data on COVID-19 doesn’t look good. A recent USA Today analysis showed that nearly 80% of the states reported more coronavirus cases than they had in the week before. Nine states set seven-day ...

As part of covering health for the Southeast Missourian, I regularly check in with Autumn Grim, the director of the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center. We talk about health issues on the ...

During a visit to the border region between Colombia and Venezuela in 2021, a member of Prof. Jan Felix Drexler's team demonstrates how to perform a rapid antigen test. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed ...

There was a lot of concern as news reports earlier this month broke the story about an outbreak of the hantavirus on a cruise ship. The spread of disinformation has outpaced the spread of the virus.

First hantavirus, then mpox, avian influenza and now Ebola - the world is once again confronting the reality that emerging ...

When Shanina Knighton began pursuing her doctorate in nursing in 2013, she set out to seek evidence to support a theory. She’d noticed that, during the H1N1 pandemic, patient hand hygiene wasn’t ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...