Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. While the media's attention has focused on unproven links between ...

The diseases hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) remain a significant health threat worldwide, causing approximately 1.3 million deaths each year. In Romania, the prevalence of both diseases is notably high ...

Vaccine development is traditionally driven by financial return opportunities for investors, disease outbreaks, and a specific focus on emerging diseases. However, a new systematic, transparent, and ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

An exciting collaboration between the Ragon Institute and the Jameel Clinic at MIT has achieved a significant milestone in leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to aid the development of T cell ...

Vaccinations have revolutionized healthcare, but designing them remains complex, requiring time and creativity, especially for vaccines against viruses, which are difficult to study. “Each virus ...

Vaccines are the most efficacious means of minimizing the impact of infectious diseases on the human population. The challenges and importance of making vaccines that will meet FDA approval have never ...

The coronavirus has ground social, economic, and educational exchanges to a halt around the world. For now, public health officials are relying on tools like social distancing to minimize the harm of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A vaccine under development at the University at Buffalo has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work, detailed in ...