Health

Seven cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), a deadly disease for humans and animals transmitted by a mosquito, have been confirmed since the beginning of the epidemic this summer in the West …

A 10-year-old Texas girl was killed by Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that eats the brain. She had been swimming in the Brazos River earlier this month. The amoeba causes a rare brain …

LONDON: A group of international experts warned that the world was facing a growing threat of disease pandemics that could kill millions of people and harm the global economy, and governments should …

In the fall comes the influenza vaccine season. Minnesota health officials are calling on state residents to be vaccinated against the flu. The recent death of a Californian child following flu complications …

© provided by Bonnier Corporation Popular science The vast majority of the 10,000 cases of Valley Fever diagnosed each year in the United States occur in Arizona and California. In these two …

A sudden, deadly pandemic could kill tens of millions of people, destroy global economies and leave humanity in chaos, according to a new report by an emergency preparedness organization that is not …

This visual summary describes the work demonstrating that the immune evasion functions of the VP35 protein of Ebola are essential for virulence in non-human primates. A VP35 mutant Ebola virus does not …

BOSTON (CBS) – Dozens of people in Massachusetts, including teenagers, are suffering from what one suspects of being a "vaping-related" lung disease. The Ministry of Public Health has stated that it has …

A treatment for peanut allergies that would be the first of its kind to get FDA approval took a huge step forward on Friday when an advisory committee voted 7-2 in favor …

Sales bans go too far, says co-founder of cannabis company Saucey Farms and Extracts co-founder Alex Todd calls for more transparency on vaping products rather than asking the government for a total …