A case of measles was detected at Newark airport in New Jersey during holiday travel — and at Logan in Boston. Health ...

From the flu that sweeps through offices every winter to new viral outbreaks that make global headlines, contagious diseases remain one of humanity’s biggest challenges. Despite medical advances, ...

Cases of whooping cough are on the rise in the US — and so are deaths, with most of 2025’s fatalities being children and ...

Flu cases are slowly rising in Illinois in the lead-up to holiday gatherings this week, so what should you know before you ...

Infections accelerate aging by damaging cells and organs. Preventing them with vaccines, hand hygiene, masks, and clean air ...

Understanding how infectious diseases spread is crucial for public safety, according to Dr. Sameer Bhati. Diseases transmit through air, direct/indirect contact, vectors, and contaminated food/water.

Flu symptoms typically lasts at least five days and up to two weeks. Some symptoms, like a cough, may persist even longer ...

Doctors say a highly infectious flu strain, a.k.a. “super flu,” is driving a bad flu season. Here, what’s different this year ...

When the COVID pandemic hit, many people turned to the eerily prescient film Contagion (2011) for answers – or at least for catharsis. Suddenly, its hypothetical plot felt all too real. Applauded for ...

Local hospital and public health officials say data show concerns about an increase in contagious diseases caused by the influx of Haitian immigrants in Springfield are overblown, though the ...

Outbreaks of several infectious diseases in Cuba have killed dozens and are reportedly overwhelming the island’s hospitals and mortuaries. Cuba is confronting one of its most serious infectious ...

Newark isn’t the only major airport to report detections of the viral disease during the holidays. The Massachusetts ...