Surveillance that misses a haemorrhagic fever or fails to consider endemic risks at a departure port will be blind to something far more dangerous ...

Several AI-based systems are already being used to monitor unusual disease patterns, analyse open-source health data and identify possible outbreak signals before official alerts are issued.

The hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has created a global public health crisis. But the driver of it is ...

A dominant strain of norovirus is emerging, which could disrupt the seasonal pattern and increase the number of outbreaks, a June 2 CDC report suggests. Here’s what to know: 1. In previous years, the ...

Vaccination rates are falling in many communities due to widespread misinformation and previously eliminated or controlled illnesses like measles are surging across the United States and Canada.

After years of largely predictable norovirus waves, the emergence of a new strain might have disrupted the seasonal pattern of outbreaks from this notorious stomach bug, suggests a new report by the ...