infectious disease

Health By Helen Branswell

In major decision, WHO recommends broad rollout of world’s first malaria vaccine

First Opinion By Carl Schmid

Hold insurers accountable for covering HIV prevention drugs at no cost to patients

Health By Helen Branswell

The debate over Covid-19 vaccine boosters, what to call them, and whether they’re needed

First Opinion By Matshidiso Moeti

Africa has a chance to help the world end polio for good. It needs to seize it now

Health By Andrew Joseph

As Delta spread, Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness against infection fell from 90% to 66% in one key study

First Opinion By David Tuller and Steven Lubet

Delay of British chronic fatigue syndrome guidelines is a setback for people with long Covid

First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett

Listen: Two physicians, one of whom had a ‘breakthrough infection,’ on Covid-19 among the vaccinated

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

‘Things are so messed up’: Patient access to antibiotics is lacking even in the wealthiest countries

Health By Andrew Joseph

No new monkeypox cases reported after health officials monitor hundreds

Health By Andrew Joseph

What Delta has changed in the Covid pandemic — and what it hasn’t

First Opinion By Winnie Byanyima and Chip Lyons

A turning point for children: creating an AIDS-free generation

Health By Helen Branswell

U.S. sees first cases of dangerous fungus resistant to all drugs in untreated people

Health By Helen Branswell

More than 200 people in U.S. being monitored for possible monkeypox exposure, CDC says

Health By Andrew Joseph

How Delta is pushing the U.S. into a new phase of the Covid-19 pandemic

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Study highlights need for full Covid vaccination to protect against Delta variant

First Opinion By Peter Sands

Why aren’t diseases like HIV and malaria, which still kill millions of people a year, called pandemics?

Exclusive By Kathleen McLaughlin

FDA accuses company of distributing unapproved Covid test and using falsified data

First Opinion By John Tsai

The future of pandemic preparedness: agile coordination around clinical trials

Health By Andrew Joseph

More transmissible, wilier variant makes Covid-19 vaccinations even more crucial, experts say

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

As more kids go down the ‘deep, dark tunnel’ of long Covid, doctors still can’t predict who is at risk

First Opinion By Adeeba Kamarulzaman

With Covid-19, as with HIV, science and partnerships with communities lead the way

First Opinion By Kenneth H. Mayer

40 years of AIDS taught us epidemiologic humility. We need to apply that lesson in fighting Covid-19

Health By Helen Branswell

A pandemic upside: The flu virus became less diverse, simplifying the task of making flu shots

First Opinion By Ina Park

As syphilis comes roaring back, newborn babies are tragic victims

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Fewer state Medicaid programs are restricting access to hepatitis C medicines, but hurdles remain