Child mortality has been halved in the last 25 years. Building on this progress, new innovations in immunization are working ...

Falling vaccination rates could lead to the return of previously eliminated diseases, and many more people will be at risk of ...

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague ...

The term "oral health" refers to the health of the mouth, teeth, gums, and other related structures, and it is closely linked ...

The South's health disparities begin with its landscape and the region's agricultural history that compounded these health disadvantages.

Spain's wax museum of dermatology, once a treasured teaching tool for medical students, will be closing its doors. Founded in ...

Rare genetic diseases are challenging for patients and their families—made all the more overwhelming because symptoms tend to ...

According to Dr Sudhir Kumar, a Hyderabad-based neurologist, adopting key lifestyle habits can significantly reduce your risk ...

It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...

Carl Zimmer writes about the results of a new genetic study of humans and the diseases that afflicted us over the past 37,000 year ...

In modern medicine, scopolamine (marketed in the UK as hyoscine hydrobromide) is prescribed to prevent motion sickness, ...