“Health Minute” brings original health care and health policy reporting from the KFF Health News newsroom to the airwaves each week. (3/18) Here's today's health policy haiku: ...

Unfortunately, travel necessarily risks exposing yourself to all kinds of pathogens and infectious diseases. That's when having the right travel insurance can be a lifesaver. Some policies cover ...

Emerging infectious diseases are infections that have recently appeared within a population or those whose incidence or geographic range is rapidly increasing or threatens to increase in the near ...

Since this pandemic, we have been constantly reminded of the threat that emerging infectious diseases pose, as well as new strains of existing microbes, and even infections that may eventually ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — A slow immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection, delayed viral clearance, and viral rebound can all increase a person’s risk for long COVID, according to study data. Having ...

At a population level, it remains our most harmful infectious disease, with thousands of hospitalisations and 664 deaths last year. Understandably perhaps, many people want to move on from the ...

What Is Feline Infectious Peritonitis? Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a viral disease caused by a feline ... (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) Feline coronavirus is very common and ...

Autopsy findings indicate a tragic final chapter for acclaimed actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa: Hackman was suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s disease and appears to have spent ...

They said his prognosis was guarded. Doctors have said Francis’ condition is touch-and-go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease. They have warned that the main threat facing ...

Around 15 million Brits are invited to NHS screening annually It comes after the Government launched a call for evidence to help shape a national cancer plan which will outline actions to transform ...

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