Falling vaccination rates could lead to the return of previously eliminated diseases, and many more people will be at risk of ...

Emergency room visits for tick bites this year are at the highest levels since 2019, especially in the Northeast, according ...

“Ohio is on the front lines really of tick expansion and new ticks here in the eastern half of the United States,” McDermott ...

Takeaways from interviews with families forever changed by diseases that vaccines can prevent In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating ...

You might associate autoimmune conditions with symptoms like skin disease, chronic pain, and fatigue. A less-discussed ...

When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.

A team of researchers has discovered that a protein called cypin plays a powerful role in helping brain cells connect and ...

The number of measles cases in the U.S. has reached a 33-year record high, years after it was officially eliminated in the ...

With the initiative, families can have their baby’s full genetic code sequenced at no cost to identify potentially serious ...

The Byers Award recognizes outstanding research by faculty members in the middle of their careers. Martin Kampman’s honorary ...

Ancient DNA evidence shows that the advent of agriculture led to more infectious disease among humans, with pathogens from ...