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'Your fear is well-founded': How human activities have raised the risk of tick-borne diseases like Lyme
Changes to forests, and how close people and their livestock live to them, have changed tick habitats and the risks humans face of Lyme disease and other illnesses.
Have you gotten this year's COVID vaccine?
Federal guidance about the 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine has raised questions and confusion around the shots. Have you tried to get one this year?
'We have basically destroyed what capacity we had to respond to a pandemic,' says leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm
Live Science spoke with leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about his new book, "The Big One," which discusses the next pandemic and how to mitigate its harm.
US reports its first New World parasitic screwworm infection in decades
A person in Maryland has been diagnosed with an infection of the flesh-eating New World screwworm. It's the first case in the U.S. in decades.
Vaccines hold tantalizing promise in the fight against dementia
A prominent Nature study and related research raise the possibility that vaccines may have a broader role in experimental therapeutics outside the realm of infectious diseases.
COVID-19 vaccines for kids are mired in uncertainty amid conflicting federal guidance
Opinion Abrupt policy changes and confusing public messaging have injected confusion in back-to-school vaccine protocols.
Legionnaires' outbreak in NYC causes two deaths
Two people have died from a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem, New York City, and 58 people total have contracted the illness.
An infectious disease expert explains what germs can lurk in pools — and how to avoid them
Most pool-related illnesses won’t kill you, but no one wants to spend their vacation or a week of beautiful summer days in the bathroom.
