UMass Amherst researchers have discovered a new bacteria in Maine rabbit ticks linked to an infection that can be deadly for humans, the university announced Wednesday. The researchers discovered the ...

Each winter, cold and flu season reaches its peak. That leaves a lot of people dealing with coughing, sneezing and fevers. People often take fever reducers to lower their body temperature when they’re ...

According to editorialists, the study has the potential for major clinical impact, but more work is needed before guidelines ...

Bird flu has always worried pandemic planners, but a new twist is raising the stakes: scientists are now tracking variants ...

A Phoenix man, Sergio Moreno Moran, required the amputation of his right arm after a wrist injury and subsequent surgery awakened a previously unknown, dormant case of Valley Fever in his body.

Rheumatic fever (RF) and scarlet fever are both caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria, but they present with different symptoms and complications, some of them potentially serious. Scarlet fever is ...

Two more cases of Vibrio vulnificus were reported in Florida according to a Friday FDOH update. Here's what to know.