Delays in CDC analyses of infectious disease threats and agency silence will harm Americans, doctors and ...

Here are four more respiratory illness updates: Nearly 1.7% of all deaths nationwide were attributed to flu, compared to approximately 1.5% from COVID-19. Influenza test positivity rose to 31.6%, ...

Richard Lee Tabler, a remorseful death row inmate, was executed in Texas after pleading for forgiveness for the murders of ...

The resurgence of Lassa fever in Nigeria has sparked concern, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Several factors contribute to inadequate death registration in Nigeria.Eighteen years after the last census, Nigeria's population data still rely largely on estimates and projections, which are often ...

Nigerian lawmakers have approved an additional $200 million for the health sector as part of its 2025 spending plan to offset the shortfall from U.S. aid cuts. Nigeria, ...

In early January 2025, a person in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms died, marking the first U.S. bird flu death. Health officials said the person was older than 65 ...

Ondo State government has confirmed that 12 persons have been killed by lassa fever and 112 established out of 353 reported ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- New data from North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) showed that two children and 56 adults died from the flu since last week. The two children who ...

Weekly numbers show that 2% of U.S. deaths for week 5 were due to the flu. COVID was responsible for 1.5% of deaths in the ...