The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued ...

Honourable Chair, Dr Jerome Walcott, Honourable Ministers, dear colleagues and friends, Good morning, happy New Year, and welcome once again to your WHO headquarters. As you know, for me 2024 ended ...

But rates of types 31/33/45, 47, and 45 were lower in vaccinated women, which the authors said suggests that the vaccines ...

The UK Health Security Agency (HSA) today reported another clade 1b mpox case, marking the country's ninth since October 2024 ...

In the U.S., cases have been mostly mild, affecting primarily poultry and dairy workers, until this recent death in Louisiana. In the spring of last year, bird flu showed up in cows. When a pathogen — ...

When a pathogen — any organism that causes ... Mpox in central Africa, and a resurgence of measles worldwide, primarily driven by diminished confidence in childhood vaccines. “There are death ...

Bird flu is surging in the US again and has, once again, sent egg prices skyrocketing. Nearly 13 million birds have been infected or culled in the past month alone, contributing to shortages. A carton ...