US Centers for Disease Control confirms first instance of person-to-person spread of new coronavirus in the United States Article 685 words 13 votes
Australians wanting to take part in the government’s evacuation plan out of Wuhan may have to pay $1000 in order to get to Christmas Island Article 1815 words 9 votes
Here’s what the oft-cited R0 number tells us about the new outbreak—and what it doesn’t Article 567 words 3 votes
Wuhan virus: China confirms human-to-human transmission, says medical workers infected Article 577 words 11 votes
Wuhan pneumonia outbreak: Hong Kong steps up response as more cases reported Article 376 words 7 votes
More than 140,000 people died from measles in 2018 as cases surged globally, amidst devastating outbreaks in all regions Article 1397 words 8 votes
An update on the global measles situation based on information shared by World Health Organization member states Article 1337 words 5 votes
Surge of measles cases results in Albania, Czechia, Greece and the United Kingdom losing their measles elimination status Article 242 words 8 votes
The message of measles - As public-health officials confront the largest outbreak in the US in decades, they’ve been fighting as much against dangerous ideas as they have against the disease medicine Article 8361 words 9 votes
Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak cases have doubled in just two months crossing the 2,000-mark Article 412 words 6 votes
Killer flu season sees record numbers of cases and deaths - and it's only just beginning Article 363 words 7 votes
249 babies born with syphilis in Thailand this year: Public Health Ministry Article 208 words 4 votes
The University of Maryland waited eighteen days to inform students of a virus on campus. That decision left vulnerable students like Olivia Paregol in the dark Article 7024 words 14 votes
Amid measles outbreaks, states consider revoking religious vaccine exemptions Article 904 words 14 votes
Malaria is among the world’s biggest killers of children. Now there’s a vaccine. medicine Article 1053 words 5 votes
New York’s Orthodox Jewish community is battling measles outbreaks. Vaccine deniers are to blame. Article 2105 words, published Nov 9 2018 8 votes
One of the best drug candidates for Alzheimer's, aducanumab, just failed to demonstrate efficacy medicine Article 1287 words 5 votes
Why Doctors Without Borders is suspending work in the Ebola epicenter in Congo Article 998 words 9 votes
Dollars on the margins - $15/hr minimum wage as a US public health measure Article 2248 words 17 votes
Russian trolls promoted anti-vaccination propaganda that may have caused measles outbreak, researcher claims Article 398 words 7 votes
Forgotten man, forgotten disease—Aniru Conteh and the battle against Lassa fever Article 1372 words, published Jan 24 2019 3 votes
Measles cases at highest for twenty years in Europe, as anti-vaccine movement grows Article 1184 words 13 votes
New research suggests optimism for HIV/AIDS medicine Article 1815 words, published Nov 21 2018 6 votes