infectious disease

What's the biggest, deadliest threat the world faces today? How a person answers that question reveals a lot about them.

Government intelligence agencies get a lot of criticism when things go wrong but rarely receive any praise when things go right. That's because, when things go wrong, they often go disastrously wrong; but when things go right...

Clostridium difficile is a bacterium that causes a life-threatening infection.

As tempting as it is, freaking out about most anything -- especially infectious diseases -- tends to render us useless and is not in our best interest. In recent years, Zika and Ebola caused a stir, even a national hysteria.

For the vast majority of people who live in the developed world, infectious disease is an afterthought.

By Rebecca Chisholm, University of Melbourne and

It's hard to admit that mom's nagging was correct more often than not. When she warned us that going outside in the cold would make us sick, she wasn't just being an overprotective helicopter parent. She was actually right.

Let’s wax nostalgic. Do you recall the Ebola outbreak a few years ago that brought fear into many American’s lives and ravaged our television screens?

"Every night on the television news now is like a nature hike through the Book of Revelation," lamented Al Gore in his opening remark

The Washington Post has reported that, without explanation, the CDC abruptly can