The majority of people experiencing anaphylaxis had a history of allergic reactions, a report by the agency finds.

From immigration reform to climate change amelioration, researchers and science policy advocates share their hopes for 2021 and beyond.

J. Michael Lane was the director of the CDC’s successful program to eradicate smallpox.

An online conspiracy theory retweeted by President Donald Trump misconstrued data regarding the number of people who have died from the coronavirus.

Actual cases may be as much as 6 to 24 times higher than reported, but we’re still a long way off from herd immunity.

The Trump administration suggests deploying the National Guard to ensure timely data sharing into a new, centralized database.

An open letter points to outbreaks that cannot be explained by large droplets and contact with surfaces alone.

Autopsies recently carried out in California show that one person died of the disease on February 6—three weeks before the nation recorded its first fatality.

Assembling the first COVID-19 test kits in the same room as coronavirus material, along with other practices that didn’t follow protocol, made the tests unusable, officials say.

Scientists at academic labs equipped to test for SARS-CoV-2 report that multiple barriers are preventing from them from operating at full capacity.

Current methods to detect infections of the novel coronavirus rely on identifying particular genetic sequences, but new assays are being developed to meet the growing demand for rapid answers.

Administration officials have given contradictory statements about how COVID-19 will affect the US, and it is not clear who is leading the infectious disease response effort, critics say.

Some US states are waiting for the CDC to send replacement enzymes necessary for carrying out SARS-CoV-2 assays.

The US Food and Drug Administration authorizes the distribution of the 2019-nCoV diagnostic to state health departments and other facilities.

The number of cases spikes as the World Health Organization plans an emergency meeting on containing the epidemic.

The legislative package for 2020 allots $25 million for gun-violence research, which has been on hold for more than two decades.

The chemical was found in all 29 lung fluid samples tested.

The agency cites lapses in biosafety procedures at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Maryland.

More than 1,100 people have died in the current Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo that started in August 2018.