Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

The World Health Organization has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. Cases of mpox — previously called monkeypox — have been surging in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Health officials around the world are closely watching a cruise ship outbreak involving a rare and dangerous disease called ...

Cholera outbreaks, measles resurgences, malaria spikes, untreated trauma injuries, and large-scale malnutrition, these are not isolated events but interconnected public health failures unfolding ...