Four years after COVID-19, researchers warn of a new “invisible epidemic.” But Valley fever doesn’t spread from person to person—instead, people get sick with the respiratory infection by breathing spore-laden...
The COVID-19 pandemic spotlighted how a rapid and effective response to infectious disease outbreaks is critical for saving lives and protecting communities. With a $17.5 million, five-year grant from the...
The risk of getting infected with COVID-19 and experiencing severe illness increases with age. The good news is that COVID-19 vaccination helps prevent against severe illness, hospitalization, and death from...
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus that can have devastating consequences if not vaccinated. While the disease was eliminated from the U.S. in 1994, polio recently reemerged in...
La reciente reaparición de la viruela del mono en Estados Unidos está creando nuevas preocupaciones sobre otro virus potencialmente contagioso, mientras la nación sigue sufriendo la pandemia del COVID-19. Pero...
The recent reemergence of monkeypox in the United States has created new worries about another potentially contagious virus. But infectious disease experts at University of Utah Health say this virus...
Early treatment of newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients with plasma extracted from individuals who have recovered from the disease reduces the need for hospitalization by more than 50%.
University of Utah Health supports Governor Spencer Cox’s decision to authorize booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines for all people living in Utah who are aged 18 and older. The Governor’s...
