The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday a major chikungunya virus epidemic risks sweeping around the globe, calling for urgent action to prevent it. The WHO said it was picking up exactly the ...

To understand the virus’s re-emergence in America in 2025, some experts are looking to a past epidemic that had a high death rate in Philadelphia. By Gina Kolata Gina Kolata reported earlier this year ...

For years, Oscar has greeted dawn with the rhythmic swing of his machete as he chops sugar cane in fields near his home in El Salvador. On a typical morning, the 33-year-old begins work long before ...

Listed are 12 things to know about the outbreaks and epidemics that have been making headlines both nationally and internationally lately. 1. If high levels of hospitalization and vigilance are ...

Declining vaccination rates in the US could lead to millions of preventable infections and thousands of deaths over the next 25 years. Measles, rubella, and polio may resurge, with measles potentially ...

NEW YORK − Health officials are still finding cases in one of the city's largest Legionnaires' disease outbreaks in years as they continue monitoring Harlem cooling towers suspected of sickening more ...

The recent rise in the incidence of early-onset cancers does not necessarily mean that the occurrence of clinically meaningful cancer in young adults is increasing, researchers said. Instead, while ...

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A top CDC official urges the public to get whooping cough shots. July 19, 2012— -- Reported cases of pertussis are at their highest level in 50 years, a top official with the U.S. Centers for ...