Listeria (green) moving within the cytoplasm of lab-cultured human cells. The bacteria are propelled by comet-like tails formed from host cell actin (red). Using actin-based motility, listeria can ...

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reviewed and conducted an analysis of the clinical trials conducted during the 2014–2015 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) ...

KINGSTON, Nov 21 - Jamaica has declared an outbreak of the bacterial disease leptospirosis, suspected of causing six deaths, following the devastation from Hurricane Melissa in late October. The ...

Rayagada: A health scare has gripped Padakapadu village under Matikana Gram Panchayat in Rayagada Sadar Block after five suspected jaundice-related deaths were reported over the past six months. The ...

Six people have died of leptospirosis, a rare bacterial illness often found in contaminated water. The storm increased the risk of contracting the disease, officials said. By Frances Robles Reporting ...

People often think of holidays as joyful, but for many, this time of year can make grief feel even stronger. This can occur, for instance, when someone is suffering from ambiguous loss — a kind of ...

Several students from the USF College of Public Health (COPH) shared their work at the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo, one of the field’s most influential ...

A major tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City, Kansas, area has officially been declared over. The outbreak, first detected in early 2024, resulted in 68 active cases, 91 latent infections, and two ...

A measles outbreak in Arizona and Utah shows no sign of slowing, putting the United States dangerously close to losing its elimination status for the vaccine-preventable disease. With holiday travel ...

If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished soon, the United States will lose its “elimination status,” as determined by the World Health Organization. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Teddy Rosenbluth The ...