Over 16,000 people were infected with the potentially fatal disease last year as the parasite spread beyond rural areas.

A US soldier demonstrating DDT-hand spraying equipment. DDT was used to control the spread of typhus-carrying lice during WWII. | Centre for Disease Control/Public Domain Captain Douglas Peterkin ...

Katsutoshi Takegami’s curiosity was piqued when he discovered a wooden box containing a large number of old photos showing ...

Once thriving in the Caucasus, the Circassians were nearly wiped out by Tsarist Russia; their descendants are now demanding ...

P lenty of research shows that respiratory distress and heart attacks spike in the event of smoke exposure; acute impacts of ...

For a separate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections, the patient count has increased to 26, up from 24 a week ago. The FDA has not reported the ages of the patients or where they live.

A multistate salmonella outbreak has been linked to Emek-brand pistachio cream, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America.

Kolkata: With the current Covid-19 situation showing no sign of slowing down, and with monsoon around the corner, health ...

A 'herd mentality' can’t stop the COVID-19 pandemic. Neither can a weak vaccine. Debates over herd immunity and natural infection arise with every outbreak.