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.

A study of more than 450,000 people finds a certain genetic variant associated with eating more carbs is linked to a thicker waist and higher blood pressure, but less fat.  

A study finds that the vaccine’s effects wear off as a person ages, suggesting a need for booster shots.

The vaccine shows better-than-expected effectiveness against the most common and most virulent strain of influenza in children under 9 years old.

The elimination of these glia in the mouse brain ameliorated the development of Parkinsonian neuropathologies induced by the pesticide toxin paraquat.