HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body’s immune system and makes it vulnerable to disease, including ones rarely seen in otherwise healthy ...

The authors have undertaken a useful study to update an existing niche model of highly pathogenic avian influenza. However, there are issues regarding the conceptualisation of the ecological niche of ...

The state of Texas is canceling its biennial immunization conference, planned for May, amid uncertainty over how much the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could participate while under ...

A waste-water surveillance network of strategic international airports could quickly detect outbreaks of new diseases – and ...

Leveraging national surveys, big-data advances and machine learning, Cornell researchers have piloted a new approach to ...

The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) has launched a new weekly global health report of ongoing and emerging ...

The report details "ongoing and emerging infectious disease outbreaks" such as avian flu and other threats, the state health ...

A second subtype of H5 bird flu, known as D1.1, was detected in dairy cattle and infected one worker in the US state of ...

Avian influenza H5N1 continues to spread. A second type of the virus, D1.1, has been detected in dairy cattle in Nevada, US. What does it mean for people?

In Africa, a U.S. funding loss will be critical to HIV programs in countries like Uganda, Mozambique and Tanzania.

Using graphics to illustrate the scope of U.S. foreign aid spending and analyzing how the Trump administration’s sweeping ...