Pneumonic plague is both “the least common and most dangerous type of plague,” according to the Cleveland Clinic.

The measles outbreak has hit a new high, with over 1,200 cases reported in 2025 so far. The last time infections were that ...

The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, and the year is only half over. The national case count reached 1,288 on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Centers for ...

A person has died of the pneumonic plague at the Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, according to Northern Arizona Healthcare, the organization that runs the hospital. The patient arrived at the ...

Thanks to the introduction of a vaccine in 1963, measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. Now the highly contagious disease has reemerged as a threat as declining vaccination rates fuel ...

Infectious disease specialist Monica Gandhi, MD examines recent claims about the safety of thimerosal, a preservative used in ...

Global AIDS Update warns a historic funding crisis risks undoing decades of progress unless countries make radical changes to HIV programmes, funding ...

Until recently, a small team issued timely guidance on the types of contraception certain high-risk women should use.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday tallied the highest number of US measles cases since the ...