USAID leads the government's efforts to combat the spread of infectious diseases before they land on American soil. Some ...

In the early, uncertain days of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists delivered one comforting pronouncement: The virus that ...

A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus ...

"Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be." - Rita ...

First death from measles in Texas confirmed and case numbers are rising. Will measles outbreak spread to Louisiana? Here's ...

The West Texas measles outbreak continues to see more confirmed cases and, on Wednesday, the outbreak's first death. Weather ...

Researchers have discovered a virus that could enter human cells in a similar way to COVID-19. But they caution it's much ...

Measles usually doesn’t kill people, but it can, and it can cause permanent disabilities, especially in children.

The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission, though the ...

Over 50 people are dead in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo due to an unknown virus, according to the World ...

Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China said they discovered a new coronavirus in bats that enters cells ...

Since WHO declared the Zika virus epidemic a public health emergency of international concern in 2016, there remain no licensed vaccines, therapeutics, or diagnostic tests for routine antenatal ...