A new virus related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in shrews in the U.S. However, scientists say ...

AN infectious disease expert at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Dr Chizaram Onyeaghala, has allayed the fears that Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is extremely unlikely to be the next ...

Almost seven years since health officials tied the world’s largest listeriosis outbreak to products made by South Africa’s Tiger Brands, victims are still awaiting compensation.

Impetigo is a bacterial infection that affects your skin, causing sores and blisters. It can appear differently depending on the stage of infection and what part of your body it affects.

Fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot and ringworm, occur when one type of fungal microbe becomes too prevalent in one area of the body so that the immune system cannot defeat it.

Parasitic infections can invade practically any part of the body. Brain parasites, those that infect the central nervous system which includes the brain, are potentially the most damaging and the most ...

Mississippi, for one, was ranked as the “worst affected” by sexually transmitted infections, with one of the highest chlamydia rates in the nation of 700 cases per 100,000 people. Mississippi ...

I hurried to a nearby hospital emergency room, where they said that, without treatment, the infection was potentially life-threatening and that I might need surgery. For a tiny cat bite?

One of the ways the CDC has stepped up its surveillance of H5N1 infections in people is by asking state public health laboratories to perform additional testing on all patient samples that test ...

In particular, they can promote the incidence and spread of a range of infections. Most people appreciate that fires can cause burns and smoke inhalation, both of which can be life-threatening in ...

"It can make a few people quite sick, causing infection of the lung (pneumonia) or inflammation of the airways to the lungs (bronchiolitis, bronchitis). Symptoms of more severe disease include ...

Fiber boosts beneficial gut bacteria, which protect against harmful microbes Faecalibacterium produces short-chain fatty acids that prevent infections Dietary changes are more effective than ...