September 2024

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Wayne County has confirmed a human case of West Nile Virus. According to Wayne County Public Health, the individual who was infected has been hospitalized and is being cared for. Their current condition is unknown. West Nile is spread…

The experimental mRNA shot, tested in macaques, generated a stronger immune response and dramatically reduced the number of mpox lesions in infected animals compared to Bavarian Nordic’s licensed vaccine, Jynneos.

The virus, which spreads primarily through close physical contact, has now been detected in an Iowa prison, raising concerns about containment within high-risk environments.

High rates of false-positive test results may be keeping women from sticking to recommended mammogram screenings for breast cancer, a new study has found. Experts weigh in.

CD8+ T cell–macrophage interactions have a central role in impairing alveolar regeneration and driving fibrotic sequelae after acute viral pneumonia in a mouse model of long COVID.

As more children head back to school after the US Labor Day holiday, some will be sure to catch and spread illness. Here’s what Dr. Leana Wen recommends parents do.

Democratic Republic of Congo, epicentre of an mpox outbreak that prompted a U.N. declaration of a global public health emergency, said it expects to receive its first delivery of vaccine doses on Thursday and a second delivery on Saturday.

The latest batch of COVID shots are out, but be prepared to pay up if you don’t have health insurance.

Tested positive for COVID in 2024? Here’s what to know about isolation, testing, new vaccines and more.

Vaccine exemptions at nearly 9% in the state, enabling sustained transmission.