6 stories tagged infectious-disease, newest first.
203 points by ericmay | 178 comments
Moscow Times news article reporting that nearly 200 people are under observation after a lab worker in Irkutsk died from plague.
11 points by bookofjoe | 0 comments
Live Science article on a study finding about 1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections, mostly from four pathogens, and the role of vaccines in prevention.
217 points by colinprince | 122 comments
CBC News article on a Lancet Oncology study estimating that infections caused 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024, about 1 in 8.
319 points by breve | 139 comments
Columbia University Irving Medical Center news article about research toward a universal broad-spectrum antiviral treatment.
380 points by toastedwedge | 295 comments
Topeka Capital-Journal news article reporting that a tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is the largest recorded in the United States since the 1950s.
577 points by thunderbong | 59 comments
BBC News article reporting that the World Health Organization has certified Egypt as malaria-free after a century-long effort to eliminate the disease.