Turning off the genetic switch to its respiratory system might finally eliminate the bacteria behind tuberculosis.

Dumford revealed, “Symptoms usually last about two to three days, although you are considered contagious two to three days ...

Norovirus, a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhea, is surging again after a harsh season last winter. Here's what to ...

"There are some signs that another big norovirus season is ahead of us," Emory University Professor Ben Lopman told Newsweek.

CASES of measles – dubbed ‘the world’s most infectious disease’ – have surged worldwide, particularly affecting children ...

The University of Vermont, along with Johns Hopkins and the National Institutes of Health, has announced a newly approved ...

HFMD primarily spreads in the summer and fall, though it can occur any time of year. While most cases are considered mild and resolve within 7 to 10 days, there can be rare complications, such as ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed a vote until Friday on whether to change a longstanding ...

The movement of people can also spread pathogens to new regions. Different countries need to co-ordinate a response as ...

A state health department report offers hints that Arizona's lagging vaccination rates are becoming more deadly.

We may have been overestimating the role of a pathological class of misfolded protein in neurodegenerative disease.