A study in JAMA Network Open sheds light on how school attendance influences the spread of infectious diseases, using COVID-19 as a case study.

Climate Change and the Spread of Disease Dr. Oliver also highlighted the increasing risk posed by climate change, particularly in the spread of vector-borne diseases.

The World Health Organization is opening up the definition of airborne pathogens – such as Covid-19, influenza and measles – to include when respiratory droplets spread through the air and ...

Climate Change Accelerates Fungal Spread Climate change is playing a pivotal role in the spread of fungal pathogens. A study led by Dr. Norman van Rhijn from the University of Manchester ...

A new way to map the spread and evolution of pathogens, and their responses to vaccines and antibiotics, will provide key insights to help predict and prevent future outbreaks.

Data sharing is important in tackling the spread of zoonotic diseases, says Dr Soumya Swaminathan Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former Chief Scientist of the World Health Organisation ...

When the researchers focused solely on diseases that spread between animals and humans, for instance, climate change emerged as the clearest driver of worse outcomes, with biodiversity loss ...

Climate change threatens public health by affecting the distribution and spread of food-borne pathogens, according to a recent study by food scientists from Benha University in Egypt published in ...