Legislation introduced by state Sen. Michele Brooks to create a standard protocol in response to a tick being removed from a student during the school day is headed ...

Your toothbrushes and showerhead are bustling with life, according to a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiomes, showing that more than 600 different viruses are teeming around you ...

As October is the last month where gardeners can make a real difference to their lawns, a garden expert has shared the jobs ...

Exacerbations are recognized to be crucial acute events that are associated with increased hospitalization rates and ...

AP Health Writer A company is recalling nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry products made at an Oklahoma plant because they may be contaminated with listeria bacteria that can cause illness ...

With over 2.2 million children with zero vaccination, Nigeria is rated as having the second highest number of un-immunised children globally, contributing mostly to the 12.4 million children who had ...

In many countries in Africa, up to nine out of ten children suffer from a skin problem, and there are far too few local ...

Driven in part by climate change, epidemics from mosquito-spread viruses are occurring with increasing frequency. Yet few among the American public are worried about getting West Nile or dengue virus ...

Rates of babesiosis, a tick-borne parasitic disease, increased an average of 9% per year in the United States between 2015 and 2022 and four in 10 patients were found to be co-infected with another ...

As strains of pathogens resistant to frontline antibiotics become more common worldwide, clinicians are more often turning to combination treatments that degrade this resistance as a first treatment ...

Hurricane Milton hit as a major storm in Siesta Key. Here's what the Florida Department of Health recommends residents should ...

Advancements in healthcare are making some diseases seemingly a thing of the past. After all, when was the last time you ...