Swine flu "is the first pandemic to use digital tools," said Ann Aikin, a social media strategist at the CDC. Whether these efforts prove useful is another matter. "In general, having more information ...

More than 100 physician organizations wrote a letter urging HHS to provide one month of revenue to each physician, nurse practitioner and physician assistant enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid to ...

The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu. The company said it ...

GENEVA — World Health Organization member countries on Tuesday approved an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics in the wake of the devastation wrought by the ...

The chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee denounced a decision by the federal government to phase out mRNA vaccine development, warning that could hurt pandemic ...

A Coast Guard medical person prepares for enhanced screening at JFK International Airport during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. (Donna Burton/CBP) As public health emergencies have become more complex so ...

A new science centre is being built which aims to help protect the UK from future pandemics. The government has pledged a "multi-billion-pound" investment to make the National Biosecurity Centre (NBC) ...

GENEVA (AP) — World Health Organization member countries on Tuesday approved an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics in the wake of the devastation wrought by the ...