Highly contagious avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is affecting wild birds internationally and causing outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and among some farm workers in the United States.

Pork can carry taenia solium larvae, a parasitic tapeworm. After eating infected pork, the larvae get into body tissues where ...

Chickenpox is caused by the varicella zoster virus and is "very, very contagious", according to Dr Jarvis. "It's not as infectious as, say, the common cold because you need to to touch [the ...

parents are reportedly holding “measles parties” to expose their children to the virus. The infectious diseases shindigs are inspired by “chickenpox parties” that were thrown in the ’70s ...

Chickenpox is an acute and highly contagious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus, primarily affecting children at a young age. The virus spreads through the respiratory route and through ...

Johns Hopkins infectious disease experts Aaron Milstone, M.D., M.H.S., and Lisa Maragakis, M.D., M.P.H., provide answers to some common questions. Who is most at risk for measles? Unvaccinated ...

Vaccination can prevent not only measles infections but also serious complications, public health officials say. Droplets containing the measles virus can stay in the air for several hours, and ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A chickenpox outbreak has been reported at Penn State University. University Health Services confirmed three cases of the virus at the University Park campus. Officials say ...

Read guidance, analysis, and updates on the myriad issues arising from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated hourly every day, the insights published here are written by leading ...

At a population level, it remains our most harmful infectious disease, with thousands of hospitalisations and 664 deaths last year. Understandably perhaps, many people want to move on from the early ...

According to The National Chicken Council, egg-laying hens account for over 77% of the poultry affected by the virus. But experts say it's not that simple. Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious ...