Controlling the spread of many infections, including measles, depends on trust in public health, which is eroding.
Healthbeat reports South Carolina's measles outbreak surged from 5 to 991 cases, mainly among unvaccinated children, due to low vaccination rates.
The reasons are not fully understood, but changes in the gut microbiome are believed to play a role.
The appendix has independently evolved at least 32 times across 361 mammalian species. What makes it an evolutionary darling when it’s more of a medical liability today?
On Jan. 1, Kate Harmon Siberine marked four years living with long COVID. “I really wish I could tell you that things were drastically improved,” Siberine said. “Unfortunately, that has not been the case for me.” Most people who contract COVID-19 recover from their symptoms within days or weeks. However, for some people, the illness […]
An international team of archaeologists used graveyards in Denmark to investigate social exclusion based on illness.
It began with throat pain, which doctors diagnosed as tonsillitis despite numerous red flags.
Joel's parents and doctors urge others to get the flu vaccine.
A research team says their findings could help tackle soaring antibiotic-resistant infections that cause urinary tract infections.
Bovines carry a microbe that could become an "effective weapon" against antibiotic resistant MRSA infections.