Practicing good hand hygiene is essential to staying healthy, because the virus is highly contagious and can live on common ...

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus together with the Orange County Department of Health (OCDOH) recently issued some tips ...

A vote for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would take America back to a troubling era when countless children suffered and died from ...

In his testimony this week, Kennedy claimed that infectious diseases receive far more federal funding than chronic diseases.

There is a vaccine aimed at preventing TB called Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), but it’s not commonly used in the U.S., ...

The materials used to build your home can be a crucial factor in preventing the spread of infectious diseases, particularly in developing countries, says a team of UVA researchers.

Unless you’re around livestock or sick birds, you don’t need to be overly worried, said Emily Landon, an infectious diseases expert ... cases in humans cited by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

Ifelodun, Lagos State, appeared pale and emaciated. He had been coughing for several weeks, and his condition worsened to the point where he was coughing up blood. Ogundimu believed it was a spiritual ...

Rowan County Public Health released its 2024 Communicable Disease and Epidemiology Annual Report last week, which outlines communicable disease trends, outbreaks and prevention initiatives. The report ...