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Learn about the latest news and developments related to infectious diseases — including H5N1, Covid-19, hepatitis C, polio, Candida auris, mpox, and more — and how they’re caused, spread, and treated.

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In the Lab Megan Molteni

New study sparks debate about whether H5N1 virus in cows is adapted to better infect humans

First Opinion Peter Staley

EcoHealth Alliance: Covid’s anti-science mob extracting its pound of flesh

Health Megan Molteni

Bird flu snapshot: Live H5N1 virus grown from raw milk samples as Delaware moves to legalize its sale

Health Nicholas Florko

Raw milk mania grips Delaware, despite warnings over bird flu and E. coli

Health Andrew Joseph

As bird flu spreads among U.S. cattle, veterinarians find themselves in a familiar position: the frontlines

Health Megan Molteni

CDC looks to expand capacity to test for H5N1 bird flu in people

Health Helen Branswell

Bird flu snapshot: A pathologist sees familiar echoes in U.S. response to the outbreak

Health Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Q&A: Lessons from the HHS secretary who ran Bush’s bird flu response

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Health Helen Branswell

CDC advisory panel opts for a go-slow approach on expanding usage of RSV vaccines

Health Helen Branswell

Michigan launches first effort of its kind to detect silent bird flu infections in farmworkers

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First Opinion Mark H. Smith

The FDA needs to embrace phage therapy to help fight antimicrobial resistance

Health Helen Branswell

New Merck pneumococcal vaccine wins FDA approval

Health Helen Branswell

Bird flu snapshot: A critic of the U.S. response speaks out, and USDA tries to ‘corner the virus’

First Opinion Danjuma Adda

I cried tears of loss and rage at the World Hepatitis Summit

Health Helen Branswell

In dribs and drabs, USDA reports suggest containing bird flu outbreak in dairy cows will be challenging

Health Andrew Joseph

Global health leader critiques ‘ineptitude’ of U.S. response to bird flu outbreak among cows

First Opinion Ranu Dhillon and Devabhaktuni Srikrishna

Getting farmworkers to use PPE is hard, but it’s the best way to stop an H5N1 bird flu epidemic

Health Megan Molteni

Michigan stands out for its aggressive bird flu response. Will other states follow its lead?

Biotech Helen Branswell

STAT Plus: Moderna says data show its combination Covid-flu vaccine generates a strong immune response

Health Helen Branswell

STAT Plus: FDA expands approval for GSK’s RSV vaccine to cover younger at-risk adults

First Opinion Asa Hutchinson and Deval Patrick

A new initiative will help governors and local leaders fight the next pandemic

Health Andrew Joseph

Finland to offer bird flu vaccine to select groups of people, a possible global first

Health Helen Branswell

These are the bird flu questions that influenza and animal scientists desperately want answered

In the Lab Megan Molteni

A new discovery about carbon dioxide is challenging decades-old ventilation doctrine

Biotech Helen Branswell

STAT Plus: FDA approves Moderna’s RSV vaccine, its second licensed product

Health Helen Branswell

A third U.S. farmworker infected with bird flu is the first to experience respiratory symptoms

First Opinion Jacob D. Moses and Allan M. Brandt

Stigma and the return of syphilis

First Opinion Alexandra Phelan and Lawrence O. Gostin

The world needs the new pandemic treaty

Health Helen Branswell

New evidence supports fear that drinking raw milk containing bird flu viruses may be dangerous