COVID-19 has continued to claim lives at an average rate of about 900 deaths per week in the U.S. over the past year.

In the first two years of the covid-19 pandemic, numerous New Scientist covers were dedicated to the global emergency caused ...

The risk of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is on the rise, along with that of other illnesses including the flu, ...

Public health officials have warned that new mutations of bird flu with human flu could have dangerous consequences.

The Centers for Disease Control reported 91 outbreaks of the virus during the week of Dec. 5, up from 69 in the last week of November.

Northwest Naturals in Portland, Ore., has voluntarily recalled the infected product, its 2-pound Feline Turkey Recipe raw ...

Respiratory illness activity is currently considered "high" in the United States, according to the CDC. In one state, it is ...

Outbreaks of the highly contagious stomach virus are more than double what they were last year, the Centers for Disease ...

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has declared a critical incident at East Surrey Hospital owing to high levels of ...

In December alone, the CDC reported five separate outbreaks on four different ships — sickening more than 800 people. All of ...

The number of cases of a wretched stomach bug are up in parts of the US this winter, according to government data. Here's ...

The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.