Image credit: NIAID/NIH Infectious disease surveillance is a vital epidemiological tool used to monitor the health of a population. It helps measure the current burden

Image by VCU Capital News Service; CC BY-NC 2.0 Massachusetts health officials and clinicians are responding to the rise in vaccine hesitancy, especially during a

Image by Nino Carè from Pixabay The World Health Organization reports that limited access to quality education sharply increases the risk of illness and early

By: Jacqueline Powers Image: Illustrator: Alissa Eckert On November 10, 2025, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced that Canada has lost its measles elimination

By: Jacqueline Powers Image by Birdies100; CC BY-SA 2.0 On September 3, 2025, California, Oregon, and Washington announced the West Coast Health Alliance, a partnership

Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro; CC-BY 2.0 On May 20, 2025, the Pandemic Agreement was adopted by Member States at

Image: NIH Image Gallery; CC BY-NC 2.0 At the end of October 2024, an outbreak of an unknown pathogen emerged in the Panzi health zone

Image: Focal Foto, CC BY-NC 2.0 Generic Deed Two years ago, the Supreme Court shocked the nation by overturning Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional

Image: NIAID, CC BY 2.0 Generic Deed On August 14, 2024, the World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreak in Africa to be a public

Image: uu yersinia pestis; CC BY 2.0 Deed In the 14th century, the plague, also known as the “Black Death,” killed over 25 million people

Image by: Ryszard, CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED With cases of babesiosis increasing in the United States over the past decade, this lesser-known tick-borne disease has

Image by: Image by: Shawn Carpenter; CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED The 2024 Olympics have begun, and more than 10 million people are expected to be

Image courtesy of NIAID and CDC; CC-BY 2.0 DEED The recent rise in highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 cases among humans, poultry, and dairy

Image by: NIAID; CC BY 2.0 DEED Japan has been facing an increase in cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in recent months.1 Streptococcal toxic

Image by: Joe Rubin; CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED A new strain of tinea pubogenitalis was recently reported in the United States.1 Pubogenital tinea or tinea

Image by: Oli; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is a highly contagious and deadly disease that primarily infects birds.

Image courtesy of NIAID; CC-BY 2.0 DEED Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, was discovered in 1958 and is caused by the monkeypox virus. Mpox spreads

Image courtesy of NIAID; CC-BY 2.0 DEED A public health emergency for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was announced on January 30, 2020 by

Image courtesy of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health The recorded number of syphilis cases in the United States is

Image courtesy of Focal Foto; CC-BY-NC 2.0 DEED. On January 24, 2024, Ohio legislatures banned gender-affirming care for minors, overriding Republican Governor Mike De Wine’s