When the COVID pandemic hit, many people turned to the eerily prescient film "Contagion" (2011) for answers—or at least for catharsis. Suddenly, its hypothetical plot felt all too real. Applauded for ...

Renowned epidemiologist and Johns Hopkins alum Derek Cummings, Engr '01 (MS), '04 (PhD), BSPH '04 (MHS), has joined the university as the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Infectious Disease ...

Epidemics and pandemics of new diseases arise in two stages. Firstly, the zoonotic spillover event introduces the infectious organism, in the main a virus, into the human population from an animal ...

Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through populations of rare or threatened species. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

During infection, pathogens must adapt quickly to the conditions to thrive inside the body. A research team at the University of Basel, Switzerland, has uncovered how a key protein switches on the ...

There’s an entire world of microbiomes living just under our noses. Although we can’t see them, bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms are as much a part of our daily lives as the air we breathe.