Infectious Diseases

Neighborhood on the outskirts of Recife, Pernambuco where Mylene Helena dos Santos Ferreira, 23, lives with her partner and three sons. Her third child, Davi, was born in August 2015 with microcephaly and congenital Zika syndrome.

Zika’s Enduring Impacts in Brazil

chain with twist-tie for weakest link

A New Mindset for Health Security

Malaria sporozoites, the infectious form of the malaria parasite that is injected into people by mosquitoes. Image/NIAID

State of the Science: Malaria Vaccines

Adapted from WHO prevention graphic for World Malaria Day

Roll Back Mosquitoes

Daw Ngwe Tein is babysitting her 3-year-old grandchild, Blu Nay L'Paw. Blu's mother works as a Medic in the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU) in Mae Sot, Thailand. ©Pearl Gan in association with Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Eijkman Oxford University Clinical Research Unit and The Wellcome Trust.

Malaria: Images from the Pacific

This colorized negative stained transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image shows recreated 1918 influenza virions that were collected from supernatants of 1918-infected Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cells cultures 18 hours after infection.

Flu Prepping: A Q&A with Andrew Pekosz, Part II

Miryam de los Angeles Romano at work in the lab

The Swelling Disease: Q&A With Miryam Romano

Zika’s Spread to Europe

photo of Ebola virus

Ebola: Persistent, and No Visa Required

Exclusive Commentary: Public Health—Simultaneously Global and Local

Exclusive Commentary: Davos Reflections

Exclusive Commentary: Publishers vs. Ebola?