Columnist Patrice Apodaca talks to a pediatric infectious diseases expert about why measles outbreaks among children are a ...

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More information: Fong Yew Leong et al, Aerosol transmission risk of mpox relative to COVID-19 and smallpox, The Lancet Microbe (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101082 ...

Close personal contact is required for transmission of variola, the DNA virus that causes smallpox. Following an incubation period, infected persons have prodromal symptoms that include high fever ...

Researchers have provided more evidence that mpox virus can be passed from a pregnant mother to her child. There remain ...

Dedicated health workers crossed Pakistan to reach 45 million children in one week with the lifesaving polio vaccine, with ...

You’ve probably heard of “soft power.” The word “soft” has many connotations, among them “feeble” or “weak.” Softness also ...

How vaccination protects communities: Dr. Madhumidha K Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 08:00 Hrs [IST] Herd immunity is a significant epidemiologic phenome ...

U.S. aid cuts could jeopardize the supply of donated drugs that are hailed for their effectiveness in combating neglected diseases like river blindness, schistosomiasis and trachoma.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has renewed its declaration that Mpox (formerly monkeypox) remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros ...

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From 1925, all the wells in and around Pune and Pandharpur were permanganated regularly before the palkhis arrived. Some ...