Infections accelerate aging by damaging cells and organs. Preventing them with vaccines, hand hygiene, masks, and clean air ...

Refugee health is often discussed in terms of crises such as disease outbreaks, malnutrition and psychological distress. But ...

Is reheating contaminated food enough to make it safe? Health experts warn that heat can't destroy certain bacterial toxins.

A nightmare for hospitals worldwide may finally have met its match. Candida auris, a fearsome fungus identified less than ...

Wildlife officials in the U.S. and Canada report cases of chronic wasting diseases where it hasn't been detected before.

Singapore reports its first human bovine tuberculosis case linked to unpasteurized milk consumption, highlighting robust ...

Maryland has some of the highest cases of Lyme disease​ in the nation, yet funding for research is in jeopardy.

Singapore has recorded its first known case of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in a human, involving a former dairy farmer whose ...

Travel exposes us to germs and viruses in much greater quantities, which is why it is important to take precautions to ...

The United States is expected to adopt the vaccine schedule used by Denmark, a much smaller country with universal health ...

With the ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina, state health officials point out that other vaccine-preventable ...

Warming temperatures are pushing dengue into new regions of the world — and one of the most promising antiviral drugs ever ...