A disease once considered eradicated in this country has claimed eight lives this year, including an infant in Wisconsin.

Responsibility for public health protection from communicable diseases exists at three government levels in the U.S. (federal, state/tribe, and local/municipal), with states having the authority to ...

Infectious diseases — also known as contagious diseases, transmissible diseases or communicable diseases — are caused by pathogenic microorganisms that infect a host organism and can be spread, ...

COVID-19 brought a heightened interest to the treatment of communicable diseases in casualty insurance policies during 2020. The Delta and Omicron variants have renewed attention to communicable ...

Infectious diseases are responsible for a significant burden of disease, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations worldwide. The problems posed by these diseases to both governmental ...

Visiting Scientist, Neafsey & Fortune labs Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Melodi is a Visiting Scientist with dual membership in the Neafsey and Fortune labs. She is currently ...

A systematic review of 138 studies reveals that shelter and settlement conditions in humanitarian crises significantly shape infectious disease risks, chronic illness management, and psychological ...

Allucent, a global specialty CRO purpose-built for small and mid-sized biopharma companies, today announced the appointments ...

Media attention given to the recent Ebola outbreak has overshadowed the fact that any number of communicable diseases can cause significant harm and death. Acute respiratory infections, such as ...

The Master of Science in Infectious Disease program, offered by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and by the Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease (IMMID), provides ...