By: Kelsey Sweeney Photo courtesy of NIAID Ghana has recently declared its first outbreak of Marburg virus, a highly infectious, zoonotic disease from the same
By: Amelia Thyen Photo courtesy of Tullio Saba Polio is on the short list of infectious diseases with the potential to be completely eradicated from
By: Kelsey Sweeney Image courtesy of nerissa’s ring; CC-BY U.S. health and safety regulators are supposed to conduct annual inspections of baby formula plants to
By: Amelia Thyen Image courtesy of Internet Archive Book Images, 1889. Ramsay Hunt syndrome, named for the neurologist who first described the illness, is a
By: Makayla Ross Image Courtesy of Victoria Reay; CC-BY Over 75% of all emerging pathogens that infect humans are zoonotic in origin, meaning that they
By: Makayla Ross Image courtesy of NIAID; CC-BY. The Current Situation Over 900 confirmed cases of monkeypox have now been reported in 28 countries where
By: Makayla Ross Image courtesy of NIAID; CC-BY-SA. On April 23rd, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared a new outbreak of Ebola, marking the
By: Caroline Pane Image Credit: Animal People Forum. CC-BY-NC. The United Kingdom Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has warned dog owners in the United
By: Makayla Ross Image credit: NIH Image Gallery. CC-BY-NC. On April 23, 2022, health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak
By: Makayla Ross Image credit: Moderna. CC-BY-NC. Two years ago, most people had never heard of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines nor the entire field of