The medical community is on alert with flu hospitalizations at a record high and childhood vaccinations at a record low.

Drinking water crisis blows up in India after deadly disease outbreaks - Confidence in safety of drinking water supply is ...

It's a high-priority human fungal pathogen, causing infection outbreaks of high mortality in health-care settings, according to a report.

A deadly fungus has now spread to Connecticut. State labs confirm several cases of a yeast, a kind of fungus, called Candida ...

Fungal infections kill millions of people each year, and modern medicine is struggling to keep up. But researchers at McMaster University have identified a molecule that may help turn the tide — ...

Hospitals, nursing homes and other medical facilities are struggling to gain ground on a drug-resistant and deadly fungus ...

A fourth case of Legionnaires' disease has been confirmed in Sydney's CBD, prompting a health alert. Individuals who spent ...

For the first time, doctors say they’ve successfully slowed the deadly genetic disorder Huntington’s disease—offering new hope to patients and families who’ve long been told there was no cure.

Detecting and controlling African swine fever in wildlife is critical for successfully controlling it in domestic pigs.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) confirmed the presence of a fungus linked to white-nose syndrome in bats. The fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), was discovered by officials during ...

Days of extreme heat were linked to increased mortality risk among veterans with cardiometabolic disease, especially those ...

Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part ...