Epidemiology

Reduced population immunity resulting from COVID precautions, and a phenomenon called viral interference, may have influenced this flu season’s early start

Your questions answered about what RSV is, how it spreads, what vaccines are on the way and who is most at risk

Tracking how SARS-CoV-2 spreads among animals could help us prepare for the next pandemic

The variants appear to sneak past the immune system, but vaccines will likely continue to hold strong

With cases declining in the U.S. and Europe, here are some scenarios of how the outbreak might play out

Uganda’s Ebola incident commander talks with Scientific American about the outbreak’s spread, the country’s response and the risk of cross-border transmission

In this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about why we’ve had years shaved off our average collective life since 2020. Also, we talk about “mabs” and why you might want to know what they are.

Although the risk of long COVID is not insignificant, it is much lower than previously thought

An unvaccinated person in New York State’s Rockland County developed paralysis from a polio infection, emphasizing the need to target vaccination efforts to vulnerable communities

A greyhound in Paris was infected with monkeypox from its owner, underscoring the possibility of a viral reservoir in animals

Frequently asked questions about how mpox spreads, who’s most at risk, and what vaccines and treatments are available

The Langya virus, which is related to the Nipah and Hendra viruses, has infected at least 35 people in China in the two years before 2021