A wave of bacterial meningitis has shaken southern England, raising fears of an outbreak on US soil. This week, Southern ...

Aspergillus fungus thrives because its genome bends easily to new pressures. It lives on soil, grains, animal feathers, even coral skeletons.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Device designation to MeMed BV Flex, a blood test that differentiates between bacterial and viral infections. "This is the kind of ...

For years, the long-term care industry has been locked in a high-stakes battle against Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs). We have ...

One case of chicken pox has been confirmed in Winnetka. Cook County Dept. of Public Health urges parents to watch for ...

Costa Rica reported a rise in human screwworm cases, with coastal provinces among the hardest hit as health officials urge ...

What started as a sinus infection left a Long Island teenager fighting for his life, requiring emergency brain surgery.

While this health condition is not fatal on its own, it may raise the risk of complications that could be deadly.

To help in the fight against antibiotic overuse and resistance, researchers have developed a new wound dressing material that ...

Two adult Missouri residents have been identified this week with clade I mpox, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and local public health agencies said.

A home-infusion model combining remote physiologic monitoring, virtual command center supervision, and in-home nursing enabled delivery of 93 IV chemotherapy infusions without infusion reactions or ...

The virus is the human polyomavirus 2, commonly called either the JC virus or John Cunningham virus, named after the poor ...