Six people have died of leptospirosis, a rare bacterial illness often found in contaminated water. The storm increased the ...

A non-smoking New York woman, Colette Smith, shared her inspiring journey after being diagnosed with lung cancer 11 years ago ...

Background Kitum Cave is one of five caves on Mount Elgon, an extinct shield volcano on the border between Kenya and Uganda.

Jamaica has declared an outbreak of the bacterial disease leptospirosis, suspected of causing six deaths, following the ...

Scientists create a vaccine that shields against Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever within days and protects for over a year ...

The rare and highly infectious disease can cause fever, aches, a skin rash, pus-filled lesions and, in severe cases, death ...

Northeastern University researchers used an original machine learning tool to predict how genetic mutations cause a rare ...

ADOPTING heart-healthy habits early in life is a crucial preventative measure against future cardiovascular disease. Now, a ...

North Carolina's tricolored bats are unstable, among several species of bats quickly dying off in the dark. The bats eat the ...

Deer hunting season is underway in Minnesota, and the DNR is asking hunters to help in the fight against a deadly disease.

Texas officials are warning of a deadly virus outbreak that started in Waco last week. At least 18 equine events have been canceled, including at the Fort Worth Stockyards ...

Liver disease is quietly becoming one of the world’s biggest health problems. In fact, metabolic dysfunction-associated ...