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Development partners making a difference: The European Union supports WHO in eight Asian countries to prepare for the future

27 June, 2024

17 min read

What to know about upcoming COVID-19 vaccines and the FLiRT variants

20 June, 2024

3 min read

Lyme disease cases are rising. We don’t have a vaccine — but we used to

7 June, 2024

9 min read

International experts explore diagnostics for infectious diseases

7 June, 2024

10 min read

Here’s yet another reason to stay on top of your COVID vaccine boosters

22 May, 2024

4 min read

African health experts warn of climate change & rising vector-borne diseases

21 May, 2024

8 min read

Future pandemics will have the same human causes as ancient outbreaks − lessons from anthropology can help prevent them

10 May, 2024

5 min read

Study: HHS’s COVID vaccine campaign saved $732 billion in averted infections, costs

9 May, 2024

2 min read

New global campaign boosts lifesaving vaccines

25 April, 2024

4 min read

WHO sounds alarm on viral hepatitis infections claiming 3500 lives each day

11 April, 2024

5 min read

Global human challenge consortium to push for next generation of vaccines

7 April, 2024

5 min read

2023 marked by achievements and ‘avoidable suffering’: WHO chief

2 January, 2024

3 min read

Millions infected with dengue this year in new record as hotter temperatures cause virus to flare

27 December, 2023

7 min read

Tick-borne encephalitis vaccine recommended for US travelers

22 December, 2023

3 min read

Outbreak News

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Vaccines don’t cause autism, but the lie won’t die—in fact, it’s getting worse

11 June, 2024

4 min read

WHO South-East Asia Regional Strategy for the prevention and control of Nipah virus infection 2023–2030

10 November, 2023

3 min read

Italy: West Nile virus cases soar to 283

4 October, 2023

3 min read

Avian flu reappears in Cambodia, UN health agency warns

27 February, 2023

4 min read

Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria: infectious diseases expected to be a concern in two to four weeks

21 February, 2023

3 min read

Equatorial Guinea confirms first Marburg virus disease outbreak

15 February, 2023

2 min read

Malaria: Three-dose Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite (PfSPZ) vaccine shows safety, efficacy in Burkina Faso adults

12 January, 2023

4 min read

Uganda declares Ebola Virus Disease outbreak

21 September, 2022

2 min read

Travel alert for Chikungunya Virus

30 August, 2022

2 min read

New York detects vaccine-derived polio case

22 July, 2022

3 min read

Ghana declares first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease

22 July, 2022

4 min read

Vaccine-derived poliovirus Type 2 in London’s environmental samples

14 July, 2022

5 min read

Confirmed monkeypox case in North America

23 May, 2022

3 min read

Smallpox vaccine, IMVANEX, to be supplied to unknown European country in response to monkeypox

23 May, 2022

2 min read

Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa

29 April, 2022

4 min read

Multi-Country – Acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children

25 April, 2022

7 min read

Cholera and measles kill hundreds, while polio reappears in Congo

New Ebola outbreak declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo

25 April, 2022

3 min read

Experts warn of possible XE subvariant outbreak in Japan

18 April, 2022

2 min read

Europe on alert as UK investigates mysterious cases of severe hepatitis in young children

18 April, 2022

3 min read

Why US-Universities Battle Meningitis Outbreaks

18 April, 2022

4 min read

Pertussis outbreak in indigenous population in Colombia

23 March, 2022

3 min read

Kenya takes a strong stand in Covid-19 vaccinations to minimize the spread of the disease

15 March, 2022

2 min read

Nosocomial Mycobacterioides chelonae Outbreak in England

14 March, 2022

3 min read

Japanese encephalitis virus situation declared a Communicable Disease Incident of National Significance

8 March, 2022

4 min read

Malawi declares polio outbreak

1 March, 2022

2 min read

Cholera epidemic in Cameroon: the resounding need for multi-sectoral national and trans-border collaboration

22 February, 2022

3 min read

Syphilis is resurging in the United States: once on the brink of eradication, now raging again

21 February, 2022

3 min read

Afghanistan faces raging measles outbreak

15 February, 2022

2 min read

Latest Science

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Latest XBB COVID-19 vaccine offers protection against hospitalization, deaths

27 June, 2024

3 min read

Researchers discover a potential vaccine to prevent tuberculosis in people of all ages

21 June, 2024

3 min read

Imperial’s human challenge study helps explain why some people don’t get COVID

20 June, 2024

5 min read

Prior COVID infection may protect against some common colds

18 June, 2024

2 min read

A promising vaccine approach to induce longer-lasting protective immunity against COVID-19

13 June, 2024

4 min read

Emerging threat: New RNA virus found in human neurons

13 June, 2024

3 min read

‘Increased evidence that we should be alert’: H5N1 bird flu is adapting to mammals in ‘new ways’

12 June, 2024

3 min read

Vaccines don’t cause autism, but the lie won’t die—in fact, it’s getting worse

11 June, 2024

4 min read

Experimental mRNA avian flu vaccine

10 June, 2024

2 min read

Lyme disease cases are rising. We don’t have a vaccine — but we used to

7 June, 2024

9 min read

International experts explore diagnostics for infectious diseases

7 June, 2024

10 min read

Virus that causes COVID-19 can remain in sperm for 110 days after infection

5 June, 2024

6 min read

Antibiotic-free treatment for infection? New technology with potential in the fight against antimicrobial resistance

4 June, 2024

4 min read

A new method to watch viruses in action

4 June, 2024

2 min read

Tick-borne diseases in the United States: An escalating challenge

31 May, 2024

1 min read

Scientists developing mRNA-based vaccine against H5N1 bird flu

31 May, 2024

2 min read

Study finds key link in rare blood disease

27 May, 2024

2 min read

Here’s yet another reason to stay on top of your COVID vaccine boosters

22 May, 2024

4 min read

GPS-like system shows promise as HIV vaccine strategy to elicit critical antibodies

22 May, 2024

2 min read

African health experts warn of climate change & rising vector-borne diseases

21 May, 2024

8 min read

Future pandemics will have the same human causes as ancient outbreaks − lessons from anthropology can help prevent them

10 May, 2024

5 min read

Study: HHS’s COVID vaccine campaign saved $732 billion in averted infections, costs

9 May, 2024

2 min read

Synthetic biologists inserted genes from the soap bark tree and other organisms into yeast to create a biosynthetic pathway for building a complex molecule called QS-21, a powerful adjuvant used in vaccines. The chemical structure of QS-21 is in the background. Credit: Bianca Susara, Berkeley Lab

An adjuvant made in yeast could lower vaccine cost and boost availability

9 May, 2024

7 min read

New vaccine effective against coronaviruses that haven’t even emerged yet

6 May, 2024

4 min read

Identifying the next deadly virus

2 May, 2024

2 min read

Study highlights heavy global burden of infectious diseases

23 April, 2024

4 min read

Specific nasal cells protect against COVID-19 in children

22 April, 2024

4 min read

Breakthrough aerosol human infection model gives hope for future tuberculosis vaccine development

16 April, 2024

3 min read

New vaccine strategy could mean one-and-done for most viruses, rather than endless annual boosters targeting different viral strains. Credit: Aleya Spielman/UCLA Health

Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains

16 April, 2024

4 min read

Stanford Medicine study flags unexpected cells in lung as suspected source of severe COVID

12 April, 2024

9 min read

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GHP News

Development partners making a difference: The European Union supports WHO in eight Asian countries to prepare for the future

Communities across 8 countries in Southeast Asia gained better access to COVID-19 services, including vaccinations, and countries are now better prepared for future emerging diseases thanks to a dynamic 3-year project...

27 June, 2024

17 min read

Latest Science

Latest XBB COVID-19 vaccine offers protection against hospitalization, deaths

JAMA Internal Medicine published a study calculating the protection offered by the latest Pfizer COVID-19 XBB vaccine compared to older vaccines against COVID-associated hospitalization and emergency department (ED) or...

27 June, 2024

3 min read

Latest Science

Researchers discover a potential vaccine to prevent tuberculosis in people of all ages

In a critical global public health development, a candidate vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) has been created using a gene-editing approach. TB remains the leading cause of death by infectious disease globally, with South...

21 June, 2024

3 min read

GHP News

What to know about upcoming COVID-19 vaccines and the FLiRT variants

The federal government and vaccine makers are getting a new COVID-19 vaccine ready for the fall. An advisory panel at the FDA last week voted on which strains of the virus to target in an updated formulation for the...

20 June, 2024

3 min read

Latest Science

Imperial’s human challenge study helps explain why some people don’t get COVID

New analysis based on Imperial’s COVID-19 human challenge study has helped to uncover how some people avoid getting sick. Researchers have found that people who are able to fend off the SARS-CoV-2 virus have unique...

20 June, 2024

5 min read

Latest Science

Prior COVID infection may protect against some common colds

If you’ve been sick with COVID-19, you may have some protection against certain versions of the common cold. A new study suggests previous COVID-19 infections lower the risk of getting colds caused by milder...

18 June, 2024

2 min read

Latest Science

A promising vaccine approach to induce longer-lasting protective immunity against COVID-19

A scientific team from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Monash University has engineered a COVID-19 vaccine that induced – in pre-clinical models – very long...

13 June, 2024

4 min read

Latest Science

Emerging threat: New RNA virus found in human neurons

Researchers discovered Apocryptovirus odysseus, a new RNA virus linked to severe inflammation in Toxoplasma gondii-infected humans. An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found a new...

13 June, 2024

3 min read