Infectious Diseases

Health By Helen Branswell

What happened to bird flu? How a major threat to human health faded from view

Health By Helen Branswell

Top WHO official sees progress in grueling fight against Ebola outbreak

Health By Helen Branswell

Flu science points to another culprit when vaccines fail — us

Health By Helen Branswell

A spot of good news in an Ebola crisis: Vaccine supplies are expected to last

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Louisiana proceeds with plans for a ‘Netflix’ subscription model to buy hepatitis C drugs

Politics By Ike Swetlitz

In last-ditch move, lawmakers push to renew pandemic preparedness bill before end of year

Health By Helen Branswell

Ebola’s other unsung heroes: the planners who keep the response running

Health By Helen Branswell

Experimental treatment appears effective against gonorrhea in small study

Health By Helen Branswell

FDA approves a fast-acting flu drug that is taken in a single dose

Politics By Ike Swetlitz

CDC director says he pushed to keep U.S. experts in Ebola zone but was overruled

First Opinion By Mary Alice Carter

Azar is empowering anti-fetal tissue research ideologues at the expense of science

Health By Helen Branswell

With vaccine in hand, Ebola response teams are struggling to track those who need it

Health By Helen Branswell

An Ebola outbreak presents a new mystery involving children

Health By Helen Branswell

WHO raises concerns over Ebola outbreak, but declines to declare a global health emergency

In the Lab By Helen Branswell

Why HIV vaccine research is now about much more than HIV

Health By Helen Branswell

CDC expresses concern over mysterious surge in polio-like paralysis cases

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What happened to bird flu? How a major threat to human health faded from view

Top WHO official sees progress in grueling fight against Ebola outbreak

Flu science points to another culprit when vaccines fail — us

A spot of good news in an Ebola crisis: Vaccine supplies are expected to last

Louisiana proceeds with plans for a ‘Netflix’ subscription model to buy hepatitis C drugs

In last-ditch move, lawmakers push to renew pandemic preparedness bill before end of year

Ebola’s other unsung heroes: the planners who keep the response running

Experimental treatment appears effective against gonorrhea in small study

FDA approves a fast-acting flu drug that is taken in a single dose

CDC director says he pushed to keep U.S. experts in Ebola zone but was overruled

Azar is empowering anti-fetal tissue research ideologues at the expense of science

With vaccine in hand, Ebola response teams are struggling to track those who need it

An Ebola outbreak presents a new mystery involving children

WHO raises concerns over Ebola outbreak, but declines to declare a global health emergency

Why HIV vaccine research is now about much more than HIV

CDC expresses concern over mysterious surge in polio-like paralysis cases

Ebola experts from CDC were pulled from outbreak zone amid security concern