Epidemiology

A new review underscores the need for a multidisciplinary approach to address the threat of Nipah virus, including its high fatality rates in humans

Texas State University Regents’ Professor Rodney E. Rohde, PhD, reminisces about how he found himself amid the 1990s Oral Rabies Vaccination Program as a first-generation university graduate

Clinical cases screened for C. auris infection spiked from 44 percent in 2019 to 95 percent in 2021

The article dismantles a previous publication that questioned the value of epidemiologic research

Taking metformin just prior to conception linked to higher risk of birth defects

Genome-wide association studies could enable better real time detection of novel viral variants in pandemics

One of the largest US genetic studies of the virus supports public health decisions limiting contact

A paper by researchers from the United States and India found that children and young adults are potentially much more important to transmitting the virus

Trials need more people of color to generalize results to larger US population

Previous reports have suggested that antibodies against the novel coronavirus are short-lived, but the rate at which they decrease has not been carefully defined