Soon after Philadelphia hosted America’s bicentennial celebrations in late July 1976, more than 200 attendees of the American Legion Convention at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia fell ill with pneumonia symptoms,

“All U.S. citizens identified as having potential exposure to the Andes virus” completed the 42-day monitoring as of Sunday and returned to their homes, according to Dr. Brendan Jackson, acting director of CDC’s Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology.

Distrust in health care during infectious disease outbreaks can have devastating consequences. Here’s what we can do about it.

France on Wednesday announced its first-ever confirmed Ebola case in a doctor who recently returned from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of ‌Congo, where African officials have warned an ongoing outbreak of the disease could soon be ...

Infectious disease expert Monica Gandhi explains the fast spread of the Ebola virus, discuses current vaccine development options, and explains whether or not the public should worry.

By Steve Gorman June 8 (Reuters) - Epidemiologists will be busy this summer sifting through sewage and social media with the goal of keeping soccer fans and the public safe from severe illness during the World Cup,

The first half of 2026 has been marked by three different disease outbreaks: Ebola, hantavirus and, in Australia, diphtheria. Each has exposed vulnerabilities in how we detect, communicate and respond to infectious disease outbreaks.

Researchers have identified a severe outbreak of a rare contagious cancer in soft-shell clams in Washington state's Puget Sound and found evidence that the disease was recently introduced to the Pacific Northwest from Atlantic Coast populations.