Emerging Diseases News

Experts have called for additional research and drug development after estimates showed that more than 700 million disability-adjusted life-years were associated with 85 pathogens, with some disproportionately affecting young children.

The CDC advised clinicians for a second time to be on alert for possible mpox cases in travelers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who may be infected with a deadlier strain of the virus than the one that caused an outbreak in 2022.

TORONTO — Trust in vaccines declined among parents and teenagers over a period of time that included the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey results presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

The “We Can Do This” COVID-19 public education campaign by HHS resulted in an additional 55.9 million COVID-19 vaccines administered in the United States, saving tens of thousands of lives, research showed.

Participation in the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting is back to pre-COVID-19 levels of engagement, according to one of the event’s program chairs.

The world’s response to outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived polio has slowed over the past decade, according to finding presented at the CDC’s Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference.

One subcutaneous dose of an experimental monoclonal antibody protected children from infection and clinical malaria during a 6-month malaria season in Mali, according to phase 2 results published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

WHO recently updated its definition of airborne transmission, expanding the list of pathogens that can be spread through the air.

HOUSTON — Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, has been working in vaccine development for more than 40 years.

BOSTON — The emergence of infectious diseases can be tied to events like climate change, social change and political trends, according to an expert.