In 2026, Oropouche outbreaks will likely continue to affect travelers in the Americas. The biting midge that carries ...

The CDA stresses preventive measures like masks, hand hygiene, and vaccinations are crucial, especially as school resumes and infections rise among children. Misconceptions persist: alcohol-free ...

Mapping the genomes of the bacteria responsible for yaws, a debilitating childhood disease, has uncovered new insights into ...

Health and medicine is more than just biological—societal forces can get under your skin and cause illness. Medical ...

Understanding how infectious diseases spread is crucial for public safety, according to Dr. Sameer Bhati. Diseases transmit through air, direct/indirect contact, vectors, and contaminated food/water.

A newly developed AI can predict which diseases specific genetic mutations are likely to cause, not just whether they are harmful. The breakthrough could speed up diagnoses and open new paths for ...

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Researchers have unraveled how immune cells called microglia can transform and drive harmful processes like neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease. The study also integrates drug databases with real ...

New Delhi: As India's healthcare system buckles under a non-communicable diseases (NCDs) epidemic, experts advocated setting up of "micro-hospitals" which they claimed can curb India's deaths due to ...

Journalist Daisy Hernández chronicles the history of Chagas disease, also known as kissing bug disease, and how it changed ...