New World Health Organization data show that an estimated six million deaths are caused each year in the Americas by non-communicable diseases (NCDs), 43% more than at the turn of the century. Most of ...

In March 2025, the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) advised that clade I mpox no longer meets the criteria for a high consequence infectious disease (HCID) and recommended derogation.

The Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB) allocation to the new disease surveillance, veterinary science and education programme starting in 2025 is rising to £2.76m [from £2.32m]. The Racing Foundation ...

The combination of climate change and pathogen expansion could be fueling a surge in infectious diseases. GEN consulted ...

Scientists sometimes compare predicting the course of epidemics to forecasting the weather. But there's a major ...

Canada must address the growing crisis of communicable diseases that has occurred in tandem with a rise in misinformation that threatens our health systems, argue authors in an editorial in CMAJ.

New research has shown how boys being overweight in early childhood or having chickenpox or another infectious disease in ...

A study published in Cell Stem Cell reveals that some mutations in blood stem cells might help protect against late-onset ...

For payers, claims for rare disease treatments used to be uncommon. Not anymore, thanks to an increasing number of new, ...

Negotiations are ongoing in New York to agree the latest UN political declaration on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and ...

Medical robots can play an important role in mitigating the spread of infectious diseases and delivering quality care to patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods and procedures involving medical ...

Level Meeting (HLM) on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NCDs), which will be held on Sept 25, 2025 in New York, NY ...