A swimmer at a Cape Cod beach has been infected with an extremely rare bacteria, according to officials who are alerting the public about the potentially life-threatening illness. The state Department ...

COLUMBIA — An infectious disease expert with MU Health Care said that while a severe brain infection caused by an amoeba is often deadly, it is extremely rare. Christian Rojas Moreno said the way to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Australian man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said ...

An Australian man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said Thursday. The man in his 50s was bitten by a bat carrying Australian bat ...