Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After Hollywood icon Diane Keaton died from bacterial pneumonia, doctors are raising awareness about the symptoms of the infection ...

Bacterial endocarditis, or infective endocarditis, is a rare infection of the heart lining and valves. It is caused by a bacterial infection and results in flu-like symptoms. The condition may become ...

Two people have died in a bacterial meningitis outbreak in the south of England. Here’s what you need to know.

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Juliette Powell, a former MuchMusic VJ and author, has died. The 54-year-old, who appeared on Canadian television in the '90s as a host of Electric Circus and French Kiss died on June 3 after a brief ...

A fast-growing outbreak of meningitis in southern England has killed a teenager and a 21-year-old student at the University ...

The monocyte distribution width derived from routine blood testing can distinguish bacterial enterocolitis from acute severe ...

Over a dozen people are seriously unwell in hospital and two people have died from an outbreak of meningitis in the UK, ...

Doctors are treating Pope Francis for a “polymicrobial infection” of his respiratory tract in what they are describing as a a “complex clinical situation” that will require the pontiff to remain ...

A study of 374,000 people finds that severe infections, such as UTIs and pneumonia, significantly increase dementia risk independently of other illnesses.