On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the first in over a century. The international ...

The Vermont Department of Public Health confirmed a measles case in a child from Lamoille County on Tuesday, following the ...

It was considered a public health triumph 25 years ago, when the U.S. declared measles eradicated. But in recent years, the ...

Chicken meat producers remain the most resistant to vaccines because of concerns they could harm meat exports, which totaled ...

In the Boston area, three months into the new year, the mood in the biotech industry has soured and the outlook has clouded.

But squelching debate is a bipartisan exercise and not limited to talk about a pandemic. With COVID-19, the chill on speech ...

Broad Institute scientist Alina Chan sparked controversy by suggesting COVID originated in a Chinese lab. Five years later, ...

Boston.com readers said the pandemic remains an ever-present threat to public health, despite much of society having moved on.

So to your point about H5N1, with the mortality being so high, it's possible that the traditional presentation was the sickest that presented, and that we are starting to see a different population.

It still feels kind of incomplete,” said someone who lost several family friends. “It doesn’t feel like there is that closure on any of it.” ...

New research reveals that Epstein-Barr virus reactivation, triggered by COVID, may cause MIS-C in children. MIS-C is a severe ...

MIS-C is a serious inflammatory shock that affects children. It can occur several weeks after a COVID infection and can be life-threatening.