The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued an urgent warning about an infection that "can become serious in a matter of hours". Thousands of Brits are struck down by meningitis, a severe ...

With hand, foot and mouth disease, or HFMD, spreading through certain parts of the country, there are certain symptoms to look for and ways to treat the illness.

Covid-19 infections have been strongly linked with cardiovascular events like a heart disease and stroke, but new research shows that other viral infections such as influenza, HIV, hepatitis C and ...

Pancake, my family’s 7-year-old lab mix, almost seems to back to her usual dog personality. You have to look closely, but ...

THAT’S BEING RENOVATED. A DIFFICULT DAY FOR A CREW AT A WORK SITE ON PAYSON STREET. REVERE FIRE RESPONDING AT 1143 THIS MORNING TO A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WHERE A ROOFER FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE TRIPLE ...

Globally, sepsis infection is the leading cause of death in children, taking more than 3.4 million lives per year, according to the Sepsis Alliance — and 85% of these deaths occur before age 5. Sepsis ...

Drug-resistant superbugs are sickening American hospital patients at an alarming rate — but the reality of these “nightmare bacteria” infections is even worse than the headlines suggest. Last week, ...

WATERBURY, Conn. (WFSB) - A man has died after falling off a roof in Waterbury. Police say the man fell while working on the roof of a three-story house. The incident occurred at around 11:42 a.m. at ...

A man has died after falling off the roof of a three-story house in Waterbury on Thursday morning, according to police. Officers responded to South View Street around 11:42 a.m. Thursday after a man ...

Children are twice as likely to develop long COVID after two COVID-19 infections, compared with children who’ve only had COVID-19 once, according to a new study co-authored by a doctor at Lurie ...

A firefighter was injured in an early morning house fire in Cumberland County on Tuesday, according to emergency dispatchers.Video above: Flames burn through roof of houseFirefighters were called to ...

The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences. By Pam Belluck Pam Belluck has covered long Covid since the condition first emerged.