In a world still feeling the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, news of a potential new viral threat can quickly raise alarm. That was the case following reports in India of a recent outbreak of ...

When it comes to public health, Gov. JB Pritzker is again not following the lead of the Trump administration. It's a move some local doctors support.

In a world still feeling the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, news of a potential new viral threat can quickly raise ...

Illinois leaders stress that joining GOARN is a technical and informational step, not an act of freelance foreign policy or a ...

As the Trump administration says it has withdrawn from WHO over its handling of COVID, among other things, California is stepping in.

Six years ago, the Director-General of the World Health Organization sounded the highest global alarm available under ...

Public health and policy experts predict that China will use this opportunity to strengthen its position and its global influence, stepping into the power vacuum the U.S. creates by withdrawing.

Tempe US, Feb 2 The Conversation The US departure from the World Health Organisation became official in late January 2026, according to the Trump administration a year after President Donald Trump ...

The South Carolina measles outbreak is now bigger than last year’s Texas outbreak and is happening as the U.S. is poised to ...

Ethiopia has declared the end of an outbreak of Marburg virus, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after the disease killed at least nine people.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has declared a new Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province. It's caused by the most severe strain: Zaire Ebola virus. Filoviruses are among the globe's most ...

This outbreak started in September 2025 in the Bulape Health Zone, and it was responsible for a total of 64 cases (53 confirmed and 11 probable) and 45 deaths. Health authorities and their ...