The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the far-reaching social implications of emerging infectious diseases, bringing ...

A medical association based in Virginia — the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) — says the U.S. is experiencing a dire shortage of infectious disease specialists. Experts weigh in.

Infectious disease specialists made an average of $239,000 a year in the US in 2019, according to Medscape, whose report ranked the doctors 25th on a list of 29 medical specialties by pay.

Tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease responsible for the most deaths worldwide, according to a Tuesday announcement from the World Health Organization. Here's what you need to know.

New U.S. doctors aren't choosing to specialize in infectious disease, despite the clear need. In 2022, 44% of the training programs went unfilled. The pay is relatively low, and the hours are long.

As an infectious disease physician, I was interviewed on outlets such as CNN, NPR, and Fox News about the dangers of the virus, and the answer I gave was always the same: “Ebola is a deadly ...

By Amesh A. Adalja and Agustina Vergara Cid. March 6, 2025. Adalja is an infectious disease physician and a senior scholar at the Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public ...

T he Covid-19 pandemic underscored the importance of infectious disease doctors — but the field is still facing a shortage, with consequences for the health of communities across the U.S ...

Infectious disease specialists these days are deluged by coronavirus questions from friends and family members, so here are a few answers.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has notified the California Department of Public Health it is suspending grants it had provided to support the state's infectious-disease response ...

The infectious disease community is closely watching a surge of mystery illnesses in China that many have compared to the start of the COVID-19 outbreak. The World Health Organization ...

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