infectious disease

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

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

Health By Megan Molteni

Mask mandates might be going away, but don’t ditch yours just yet, scientists caution

First Opinion By Danielle Ofri

My ‘postmortem’ folder and the intensely personal nature of the latest Covid-19 surge

First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett

Listen: A medical historian on infectious diseases as the ‘third army’ of the Civil War

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Will India issue sidestep patents on a pair of pricey — but lifesaving — TB drugs?

Health By Helen Branswell

‘The next big one must be prevented’: The lessons the world can learn from epidemics that were contained

Health By Sara Reardon

Covid-19 gave scientists an opening to better understand how brain disorders arise

Health By Allison Bond

‘No one was listening’: Long Covid patients struggle to get care for their symptoms

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

1 in 3 Covid-19 patients are diagnosed with a neuropsychiatric condition in the next six months, large study finds

STAT Madness By Elizabeth Cooney

An HIV lab’s pivot to develop a single-dose Covid-19 vaccine wins STAT Madness ‘Editors’ Pick’

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

What we know and don’t know about long Covid

Health By Andrew Joseph

Rising Covid-19 cases in some states highlight ‘precarious position’ as variants build up in U.S.

Health By Helen Branswell

Bombshell analysis traces new Ebola outbreak to survivor of West Africa crisis

Health By Helen Branswell

Schools may see a burst of the common cold when they reopen, research suggests