“Bad,” or LDL, cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease and most people are screened for it as part of their yearly physicals ...

If H5N1 turns into a full-blown pandemic, we are currently in chapter one. To prevent chapter two from becoming a reality, the most important tool in our arsenal will be widespread testing. Testing ...

Experts warn that two animal-borne pathogens capable of human transmission could spread further without better surveillance ...

After public health officials confirmed H5N1, the virus also known as bird flu, jumped from poultry to cows and recently infected an American, they’ve warned that if the virus strain made its way to ...

As the coronavirus pandemic has unfolded, all eyes have been on the medical workers and public health disease detectives fighting on the front lines ― and sometimes giving their lives — to bring the ...

More than four years after the COVID-19 pandemic caused the world to come to a standstill, lessons in pandemic response are still being learned. What we know: the global pandemic disproportionately ...

A new blood test uses a portable diagnostic system to detect various different diseases in just 15 minutes. The test could change the way we diagnose a wide range of infectious diseases. Here's what ...

The webinar, entitled 2021 COVID-19 and Clean Sport Update, will be held from 13-14:00 EST (Eastern time zone) and will focus on the impact of COVID-19 on athletes and the anti-doping system. The new ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond Public Schools (RPS) standardized testing data from this past school year suggests that the school district’s students are recovering from a loss of quality learning ...

Is it just me, or does it feel like the pandemic has been dragging on for years? I was gobsmacked to realise that the first death from COVID-19 in the U.S. was reported no more than 12 months ago.