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Learn about the latest news and developments related to infectious diseases — including H5N1, Covid-19, hepatitis C, polio, Candida auris, mpox, and more — and how they’re caused, spread, and treated.

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Health Helen Branswell

Rwanda to receive experimental vaccines, therapeutics to combat Marburg outbreak

Health Helen Branswell

STAT Plus: Q&A: NIAID’s Jeanne Marrazzo speaks on bird flu, mpox, and succeeding Anthony Fauci

Health Theresa Gaffney

Morning Rounds: How much did health care’s top-earning CEO make in 2023?

First Opinion Ranu Dhillon, Abraar Karan, and Devabhaktuni Srikrishna

Sequencing wastewater material may be the key to getting a grip on the H5N1 bird flu outbreak

First Opinion Scott Weese

Veterinary medicine is key to overcoming antimicrobial resistance

Morning Rounds Theresa Gaffney

Exclusive: Two lawmakers try to preserve telehealth addiction treatment

First Opinion Christopher Hartnick

What happened when my mother became the first 2024 West Nile patient in Manhattan

Health Helen Branswell

Second health care worker tied to Missouri bird flu case had respiratory symptoms

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Health Hyacinth Empinado and Helen Branswell

A history of mpox so far

Health Helen Branswell

Cause of Missouri H5 bird flu case remains a mystery, CDC says

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Health Isabella Cueto and Alia Sajani

Medicine struggles to define chronic Lyme. Long Covid has only made it harder

Health Helen Branswell

5 burning questions about Missouri’s mysterious H5 bird flu case

Health Helen Branswell

Missouri resident who had no contact with animals tests positive for bird flu

First Opinion Robert Steinglass, Phillip Nieburg, and Ron Waldman

Gaza polio vaccination drive must include measles shots

Morning Rounds Theresa Gaffney

Birth control vending machines, seasonal shots, and the “Snoo”

Biotech Helen Branswell

STAT Plus: Moderna reports encouraging results on its mpox vaccine, as outbreaks in Africa spread

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

Study of gender-affirming care reveals immune system sex differences

Biotech Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: Vaxcyte shares boom as one of biotech’s big David vs. Goliath stories heats up

Morning Rounds Theresa Gaffney

Our investigation of UnitedHealth, explainer on Oropouche and news on maternal health

Health Helen Branswell

21 cases of little-known Oropouche virus detected in U.S.

First Opinion Wilfredo R. Matias

To stop mpox from becoming the next pandemic, we must address global vaccine inequities

Morning Rounds Theresa Gaffney

A virus bodega, DNC takeaways, and free Covid tests

Exclusive Jason Mast

STAT Plus: Biden administration’s $3.2 billion antiviral pandemic plan is fizzling out

Health Helen Branswell

What you need to know about West Nile virus

Health Associated Press

FDA approves updated Covid-19 vaccines, shots should be available in days

Health Helen Branswell

Merck Ebola vaccine Ervebo shown to offer substantial protection

Morning Rounds Brittany Trang

‘Zoobiquity’: How animals have figured out disease better than humans

Biotech Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: Pfizer and BioNTech effort to develop Covid-influenza combination vaccine sees setback

Health Jason Mast

STAT Plus: Antiviral used for mpox no better than placebo, NIH says