DDT was used to control the spread of typhus-carrying lice during WWII. | Centre for Disease Control/Public Domain Captain Douglas Peterkin and his fellow medics struggled to empty the huts in ...

Zoonotic outbreaks consistently peaked during June, July, and August, researchers from the ICMR-National Institute of ...

The largest artifact in the touring exhibition Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away., currently on display at the ROM in ...

From Nipah outbreaks in Southeast Asia to Monkey Fever in Western Ghats, the destruction of forests is accelerating the rise ...

For many, a shower is the way they start the day, but for some it's a rare luxury. "When people can't take a shower, they start feeling like crap because they look like crap," said Darnell Tanner, who ...

Dr Philip Ugbodaga, the Medical Director of the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Benin City, has given kudos to President Bola Almed Tinubu over his commitment to improving the quality of healthcare ...

Epidemics of infectious disease often come in waves, but the causes of these waves aren't clear, frustrating efforts to ...

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that the largest diphtheria epidemic in Western Europe for ...