After attacks on two Ebola treatment centers in Democratic Republic of Congo last week, Doctors Without Borders says public health workers are “failing” to control the epidemic.

High salt concentrations are present in the affected skin of people with atopic dermatitis and promote the differentiation of the T helper cells involved in the development of allergic diseases.

Results from an observational study find that the introduction of a routine vaccine in Australia coincided with a fall in the incidence of the autoimmune condition.

In one county alone, more than 100 cases have been confirmed since October.

Scientists debate why the number of whooping cough cases is up, and whether the effectiveness of a vaccine introduced within the last two decades is to blame.

The NIH epidemiologist has worked to ensure genetic health and population genetics studies contain data from African—not just European—populations.

The number of cases in Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest outbreak of the virus has now surpassed 100.  

A step-by-step study of diseases that jump species gives subtle clues about future epidemics.

As the virus spreads in Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization is preparing to immunize people as soon as this week.