What are transmission diseases? The risk of transmission diseases has increased rapidly across the world. Let us tell you how millions of people are losing their lives every year due to this. Diseases ...

A team of researchers at University College London has reported the first-ever clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of Alzheimer’s disease. Across a handful of extraordinarily rare case ...

Early-onset dementia symptoms in five adults may be connected to a now-discontinued human growth hormone medical treatment that they received decades ago as children, a new study suggests. The study, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WHO updated its definition of what constitutes an airborne pathogen. Under the new definition, pathogens ...

Thanks to decades of successful vector control strategies, vector-borne transmission of Chagas disease has significantly decreased in many regions. Oral ingestion of Trypanosoma cruzi through ...

Mental disorders are often considered a type of non-infectious disease. Non-infectious/communicable diseases include cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer ...

For some infectious diseases, this may be true. Climate change appears to be changing where and when some infectious diseases occur. However, this is not the case for all infectious diseases. Several ...

Nosocomial or healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) are infections that originate within a healthcare setting. These infections can cause significant morbidity and mortality in patients. HAIs are also ...