Advances in medical sciences have reduced infectious disease mortality, but emerging pathogens pose global health threats.

As the vector-borne disease filled the news cycle this week, some local governments have taken innovative measures in the ...

One of Trump’s biggest complaints was that the agency was too slow to alert the world of an emerging health threat in China ...

Researchers say understanding how Zika virus spreads through the human placenta and reaches the fetus is critical to prevent or control the infection.

Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which nurtures the developing ...

2023 — Zika virus infection in pregnant rhesus macaques slows fetal growth and affects how infants and mothers interact in the first month of life, according to a new study. The work has ...

A newborn baby died from an infection caused by an "absolutely putrid hospital", her mother has told an inquiry into her death. Sophia Smith was just 11 days old when she died at the Royal ...

Large VSDs, however, create a significant left-to-right blood flow, raising pulmonary artery pressure and leading to more obvious symptoms from early infancy. Babies with large VSDs often ...

The American vice-president said people praying in their homes could be arrested under Scots law. This ophthalmologist warns ...

A newborn baby died from an infection caused by an "absolutely putrid hospital", her mother has told an inquiry into her death. Sophia Smith was just 11 days old when she died at the Royal Hospital ...

The tragic death of a baby who contracted a killer bug at a hospital may have happened because infection control measures were not followed, an NHS boss admitted. Retired director infection ...

SARS-CoV-2 risk is lower among children aged younger than 5 who had vs did not have prior infection, regardless of vaccination status.